Glocalizing Medicine in the Canton-Hong Kong-Macau Region in Late Qing China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3660970 |
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| Authors | Angela Ki Che Leung (0000-0003-1973-7101, University of Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1345-1366 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0026749x18000513 |
| OpenAlex | W2996548240 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
This article looks at how globalization in the nineteenth century was inextricably entangled with localization in the Canton-Hong Kong-Macau nexus on the southern fringe of China by tracing the growth of its unique medical culture. It explains the 'glocalizing' process by tracing the development of this medical culture, which consists of knowledge construction and institution building, in the context of highly volatile epidemiological conditions aggravated by increasingly heavy inter-regional trade and migration. It traces the dynamic circulation of people, materials, ideas, and practices in this southern edge of China, which was traditionally connected to southeast Asia and shared ecological backdrops that produced similar epidemiological experiences. The Canton nexus in the nineteenth century saw the growth of native medical knowledge that focused less on theoretical innovation than on the efficacy of therapeutic strategies. These ideas were likely to have been informed or reinforced by new anatomical knowledge disseminated by Western medical missionaries on the ground early in the century. The medical culture in the region was also marked by the formation of a series of local institutions that were fusions of Western-style hospitals and native merchant-run charity halls where diseases were studied and treated, and new public health management negotiated and implemented by experts from different traditions
Archaeology · China · Context (archaeology · Economic growth · Economy · Geography · Globalization · Institution · Medical knowledge · Nexus (standard · Political science · Chinese history and philosophy · Engineering · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Medicine
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Introduction
The Southern Ming, 1644-1662
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On Their Own Terms
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