This unique book is a history of health, disease and its prevention in Malaya under colonial rule. With insight and clarity, it explores the relationships among biology, environment, population and the structures of the state. The book emphasizes the role of medicine in legitimizing colonialism and shows that the ill health of populations was related to the political and social climate. The book integrates history, medical and social theory to offer a compelling account of disease and changing health status under colonialism.

Sickness and the State: Health and Illness in Colonial Malaya, 1870–1940

History

Manderson, Lenore

Asia

Cambridge University Press

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Treats in considerable detail, the entire history of whaling in Japan and the nature of contemporary coastal whale fishery. It provides a useful context for a wide range of topics which include: the organization of small-type coastal whaling, the commercial and non-commercial distribution of whale meat, the importance of whales as a source of food, social integration, and whaling culture.

Small-Type Coastal Whaling in Japan: Report of an International Workshop (Occasional Publications Series (Inactive))

Politics & Social Sciences

Hardacre, Helen

Bestor, Theodore C.

Takahashi, Junichi

Befu, Harumi

Freeman, Milton M.R.

Akimichi, Tomoya

Asquith, Pamela J.

Braund, Stephen R.

Iwasaki, Masami

Kalland, Arne

Moeran, Brian D.

Social Sciences

CCI Press, an imprint of University of Alberta Press

Designed to make qualitative research skills accessible to practitioners with little or no previous training in social sciences, the handbook describes methods of gathering, reviewing and interpreting qualitative information, by using a variety of sources and methods to produce effective, reliable andtrustworthy data. Using case studies from Africa and Asia involving field personnel working in water supply, sanitation, and health/hygiene education projects, the handbook was developed as a practical answer to the limitations of using a single method or instrument for information gathering.  Alternatives to questionnaires are proposed, including a variety ofmethods and tools that can be mixed and matched; appraisals of individual methods and tools to help in the selection of the most appropriate combinations for the desired purpose; and a useful selection of common mistakes and pitfalls.

Hygiene Evaluation Procedures: Approaches and Methods for Assessing Water-And Sanitation-Related Hygiene Practices

Almedom, Astier M.

Blumenthal, Ursula

Sociology

Practical Action

Disclosure in Health and Illness

Davis, Mark

Routledge

This collection examines enduring and topical questions in sexual and reproductive health in a range of contemporary Asian cultures. Beliefs and practices surrounding conception, pregnancy, birth, and confinement are studies in culturally specific contexts in Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Indonesia. Important and widely applicable health issues are also addressed, including the perception and management of HIV/AIDS, experiences of menopause and the interaction of cosmopolitan ("western'') medicine with traditional healthcare.

Maternity and Reproductive Health in Asian Societies

Liamputtong Rice, Pranee

Parenting & Relationships

Surface Tensions

<p>Surface Tensions is an expansive, yet intimate study of how people remake themselves after catastrophic bodily change―the loss of limbs, the loss of function, the loss or replacement of organs. Against a sweeping cultural backdrop of art, popular culture, and the history of science and medicine, Manderson uses narrative epistemology based on in-depth interviews with over 300 individuals to show how they re-establish the coherence of their bodies, identities, and biographies. In addition to offering important new insights into the care, rehabilitation, and rehabituation of post-trauma patients, Manderson’s work challenges conventional ideas about the nature of embodiment and is an important contribution to medical anthropology, disability studies, and cultural studies.</p>

Surface Tensions: Surgery, Bodily Boundaries, and the Social Self

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Hygiene Evaluation Procedures: Approaches and Methods for Assessing Water- and Sanitation-Related Hygiene Practices

Almedom, Professor Astier M.

Politics & Government

Practical Action Publishing

<p>This handbook provides practical guidelines for evaluating water and sanitation related hygiene practices for the purposes of project planning, monitoring or impact assessment. The main focus, therefore, is on the practical concerns of field personnel working in water supply, sanitation, and health / hygiene education projects. It is also designed to make qualitative research skills accessible to practitioners with little or no previous training in social sciences and emphasizes how to gather, review, and interpret qualitative information. The use of a variety of sources and methods is advocated as the best way to obtain complete and reliable information on the issues under study.</p>

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

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