Histories of Health in Southeast Asia : Perspectives on the Long Twentieth Century.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. The Longue Durée -- 1 Krom Luang Wongsa and the House of Snidvongs: Knowledge transition and the transformation of Medicinein early Modern Siam -- Chapter Inset: Historical overview of Traditional Medicine in Cambodia -- Part II. Health and Crisis -- 2 Pilgrim Ships and the Frontiers of Contagion: Quarantine Regimes from Southeast Asia to the Red Sea -- 3 The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 in Southeast Asia -- 4 Disaster Medicine in Southeast Asia -- Part III. Uneven Transitions -- 5 The Demographic History of Southeast Asia in the Twentieth Century -- 6 "Rural" Health in Modern Southeast Asia -- Chapter Inset: The Impact of Environmental Changes on Forest Peoples of Southeast Asia in the Twentieth Century -- 7 Population Aging and the Family: The Southeast Asian Context -- 8 Epidemic Disease in Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asia -- Chapter Inset: The Eradication of Smallpox in Indonesia -- Part IV. The Politics of Health -- 9 The Internationalization of Health in Southeast Asia -- 10 Modernizing Yet Marginal: Hospitals and Asylums in Southeast Asia in the Twentieth Century -- 11 Healing the Nation: Politics, Medicine, and Analogies of Health in Southeast Asia -- 12 Health or Tobacco: Competing Perspectives in Modern Southeast Asia -- 13 The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the Field of Health in Modern Southeast Asia: The Philippine Experience -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

The writers examine state policy on healthcare and the influence of organizations, from NGOs such as the China Medical Board and the Rockefeller Foundation to grassroots organizations in Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

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