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Book/Printed Material Intimate communities : wartime healthcare and the birth of modern China, 1937-1945

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Title

  • Intimate communities : wartime healthcare and the birth of modern China, 1937-1945

Summary

  • "When China's War of Resistance against Japan began in July 1937, it sparked an immediate health crisis throughout China. In the end, China not only survived the war but emerged from the trauma with a curious strength. Intimate Communities argues that women who worked as military and civilian nurses, doctors, and midwives during this turbulent period built the national community, one relationship at a time. In a country with a majority illiterate, agricultural population that could not relate to urban elites' conceptualization of nationalism, these women used their work of healing to create emotional bonds with soldiers and civilians from across the country that transcended the divides of social class, region, gender, and language"--Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Barnes, Nicole Elizabeth, 1975- author

Created / Published

  • Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

Contents

  • Prologue in triptych -- Introduction -- Policing the public in the new capital -- Appearing in public : the relationships at the heart of the nation -- Healing to kill the true internal enemy -- Authority in the halls of science : women of the wards -- Mothers for the nation -- Conclusion.

Headings

  • -  Public health--Political aspects--China
  • -  Public health--China--History--20th century
  • -  Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
  • -  Women and war--China--History--20th century

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references.
  • -  Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Site, viewed 02/09/2021).

Medium

  • 1 online resource : illustrations

Call Number/Physical Location

  • RA527

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018031513

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  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

  • image
  • epub

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Chicago citation style:

Barnes, Nicole Elizabeth, Author. Intimate communities: wartime healthcare and the birth of modern China, -1945. [Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2018] Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018031513/.

APA citation style:

Barnes, N. E. (2018) Intimate communities: wartime healthcare and the birth of modern China, -1945. [Oakland, California: University of California Press] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018031513/.

MLA citation style:

Barnes, Nicole Elizabeth, Author. Intimate communities: wartime healthcare and the birth of modern China, -1945. [Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2018] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018031513/>.