Article ID: CBB101515388

Epidemic Histories in East Asia (2023)

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Peckham, Robert (Author)
Mei Li (Author)


Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Volume: 114
Issue: S1
Pages: S363-S418
Publication date: 2023
Language: English


Publication Date: 2023
Edition Details: IsisCB Special Issue: Bibliographic Essays on the History of Pandemics

This paper provides an overview of recent literature on the history of epidemics in East Asia, with a primary focus on modern and contemporary China, but including some discussion of the scholarship in English on epidemics in Korea and Japan. Key research strands are identified within the field: local and regional histories, disease biographies, histories of public health campaigns, global connections, and cultural representations. The paper argues that studies of epidemic disease have been central to debates about East Asian modernity, transformations of the state, the formation of a post-imperial citizenry, postcolonial science and technology studies, and East Asia’s role in globalizing processes. The paper concludes by reflecting on the COVID-19 pandemic and the issues it raises for future research.

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Authors & Contributors
Byrne, Joseph Patrick
Conforti, Maria
Ellis, Harold
Engelmann, Lukas
Fangerau, Heiner
Furth, Charlotte
Journals
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal of Medical Biography
Medicina Historica
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
ABC-CLIO
Duke University Press
L'Erma di Bretschneider
University of Chicago Press
Zed Books
Concepts
Pandemics
Epidemics
Public health
Bibliographies
Disease and diseases
Reference works for historians of science
People
Latta, Thomas Aitchison
Time Periods
21st century
19th century
20th century
Medieval
16th century
Ancient
Places
Europe
Italy
Africa
Latin America
West Africa
East Asia
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