Disease and Health in Modern Asia
HIST 370
Spring 2017
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| Crosslisting:
CEAS 272, SISP 370 |
While this course might seem highly focused and specialized at first glance, it is intended for students of all majors and backgrounds. It has two main goals. The first is to explore the influence of epidemics and diseases more broadly on the course of East Asian history while keeping a global context in mind. The focus is on China and Japan, but Korea will be included when possible. The second is to consider how historically, diseases and epidemics are best understood through multiple disciplinary approaches, including biology, epidemiology, anthropology, sociology, and iconcology. Colonialism and empire--both Western and Japanese--are, of course, underlying themes throughout. We will examine several important historiographical and methodological approaches as well as some basic issues in the history of science and some important examples of specific diseases such as cholera, tuberculosis, and plague from different approaches using both secondary and primary sources. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CEAS-MN)(CEAS)(CEAS-Arcp/Hist) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Annmarie Mol, THE BODY MULTIPLE: ONTOLOGY IN MEDICAL PRACTICE
Bruno Latour, THE PASTEURIZATION OF FRANCE
Ruth Rogaski, HYGIENIC MODERNITY: MEANINGS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE IN TREATY-PORT CHINA
Carol Benedict, BUBONIC PLAGUE IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY CHINA
William Johnston, THE MODERN EPIDEMIC: A HISTORY OF TUBERCULOSIS IN JAPAN
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| Instructor(s): Johnston,William D. Times: .M..... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: FEAS SEM; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 14 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 2 | FR: 0 |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
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