Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945-52: Alien Prescriptions?

ISBN-13: 9780415681490 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 238 str.

Chris Aldous; Akihito Suzuki

Opis

This book critically examines public health reform during the Occupation of Japan and interrogates the reforms broader significance for the Occupation and its legacies for both Japan and the US.

Recenzje

"Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945-52 is a persuasive reconstruction of a turbulent and reform-oriented period in the history of public health in Japan. Furthermore, it is a significant addition to existing occupation literature and helps us to understand the decision-making processes in occupied Japan, as well as the limits of indirect occupation in the implementation of alien initiatives... this book will surely take a well-deserved place in the historiography of the occupation of Japan." - Juha Saunavaara (University of Oulu); H-US-Japan, H-Net Reviews. June, 2012

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Confronting Epidemics  2. The Limits of Disease Prevention  3. ‘Controlling Wildfire Diseases’  4. ‘We’re Cleaning up Japan’  5. Nutrition and Disease  6. Chronic Infectious Diseases  7. The Health Centre.  Conclusion

O autorze

Christopher Aldous is a Principal Lecturer in Modern Historyat the University of Winchester, UK. Akihito Suzuki is aProfessor of History at Keio University, Japan.