A long-overdue historical account of Maoist public health initiatives, detailing the ways they were experienced and their global impact. In 1949, the Communist Party of China pledged that its approach to health care would differ markedly from that of the former Nationalist government and the "imperialist" West. For the next thirty years, under Mao's leadership, the People's Rep...(展开全部)

A long-overdue historical account of Maoist public health initiatives, detailing the ways they were experienced and their global impact. In 1949, the Communist Party of China pledged that its approach to health care would differ markedly from that of the former Nationalist government and the "imperialist" West. For the next thirty years, under Mao's leadership, the People's Rep...(展开全部)

Drawing on the expertise of Chinese and Western academics and practitioners, the contributors to this volume aim to advance the understanding of philanthropy for health in China in the 20th century and to identify future challenges and opportunities. Considering government, NGO leaders, domestic philanthropists, and foreign foundations, the volume examines the historical roots ...(展开全部)

戴维·艾伦·佩兹(David Allen Pietz)华盛顿州立大学副教授，1998年获华盛顿大学博士学位，有着丰富的中国访学与研究经历。1993年、1994年夏在南京大学做访问学者，与中国社会科学院、中国水利研究院、黄河保护委员会等合作研究过中国水资源方面的项目。佩兹主要研究中国经济与环境发展史，重要学术成果有专著《工程国家：民国时期(1927—1937)的淮河治理及国家建设》(2002)，合著《中华人民共和国的国家体制与经济发展》(2000)，论文《中国2010年前的石油与天然气需求》(2000)、《中国的石油储备战略：现状与未来发展方向》(2002)、《中国的能源危机》(2008)等。

肯·阿什韦尔（Ken Ashwell），博士，澳大利亚新南威尔士大学医学科学学院解剖学教授。自1984年以来，肯·阿什韦尔一直在为医学、运动和科学专业的学生教授解剖学，并进行大脑发育和大脑进化的研究，也乐于向一般大众传播与大脑健康有关的科普知识，比如大脑如何控制我们日常的一些情绪和行为。著有《人们为什么会产生情绪》《大脑是如何运作的》等多部科普图书。