Medical care in nineteenth-century China was spectacularly pluralistic: herbalists, shamans, bone-setters, midwives, priests, and a few medical missionaries from the West all competed for patients. In the century that followed, pressure to reform traditional medicine in China came not only from this small clutch of Westerners, but from within the country itself, as governments ...(展开全部)

Medical care in nineteenth-century China was spectacularly pluralistic: herbalists, shamans, bone-setters, midwives, priests, and a few medical missionaries from the West all competed for patients. In the century that followed, pressure to reform traditional medicine in China came not only from this small clutch of Westerners, but from within the country itself, as governments ...(展开全部)

This collection expands the history of Chinese medicine by bridging the philosophical concerns of epistemology and the history and cultural politics of transregional medical formations. Topics range from the spread of gingko's popularity from East Asia to the West to the appeal of acupuncture for complementing in-vitro fertilisation regimens, from the modernisation of Chinese a...(展开全部)

This collection expands the history of Chinese medicine by bridging the philosophical concerns of epistemology and the history and cultural politics of transregional medical formations. Topics range from the spread of gingko's popularity from East Asia to the West to the appeal of acupuncture for complementing in-vitro fertilisation regimens, from the modernisation of Chinese a...(展开全部)

白修德 Theodore H. White (1915-1986)，美国著名政治记者、历史学家和小说家。1915年出生于波士顿，1938年毕业于哈佛大学，师从费正清，之后受聘《时代周刊》担任驻东亚记者，报道了举世震惊的1942年河南大饥荒，1945年任中国分社社长。这一经历为他的首部著作《中 国的惊雷》（Thunder Out of China，与贾安娜合著）提供了素材。在短期担任《新共和》（The New Republic）杂志编辑期间，白修德编辑出版了《史迪威日记》（The Stilwell Papers）。1948年，他移居欧洲，驻欧洲记者的经历为1953年出版的《浴火重生》（Fire in the Ashes）提供了素材。同年，他回到美国先后担任《记者报》（The Reporter）和科利尔杂志（Collier’s Magazine）的国内记...(展开全部)

The greatest political story ever told—the epic clash between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon, as captured in Theodore White's dramatic and groundbreaking chronicle The Making of the President 1960 is the book that revolutionized—even created—modern political journalism. Granted intimate access to all parties involved, Theodore White crafted an almost mythic story of...(展开全部)

The Making of the Modern Chinese State: 1600–1950 offers an historical analysis of the formation of the modern Chinese state from the mid-17th century to the mid-20th century, providing refreshing and provocative interpretations on almost every major issue regarding modern China’s development. The book explores why today’s China is unlike any other nation-states in size and str...(展开全部)

The Making of the Modern Chinese State: 1600–1950 offers an historical analysis of the formation of the modern Chinese state from the mid-17th century to the mid-20th century, providing refreshing and provocative interpretations on almost every major issue regarding modern China’s development. The book explores why today’s China is unlike any other nation-states in size and str...(展开全部)

The Making of the Modern Chinese State: 1600–1950 offers an historical analysis of the formation of the modern Chinese state from the mid-17th century to the mid-20th century, providing refreshing and provocative interpretations on almost every major issue regarding modern China’s development. The book explores why today’s China is unlike any other nation-states in size and str...(展开全部)

The Making of the Modern Chinese State: 1600–1950 offers an historical analysis of the formation of the modern Chinese state from the mid-17th century to the mid-20th century, providing refreshing and provocative interpretations on almost every major issue regarding modern China’s development. The book explores why today’s China is unlike any other nation-states in size and str...(展开全部)