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These two books belong to a series published by the Center for the Study of Sexualities at National Central...

In this well-conceived collection of essays, the anthropologist Everett Zhang and his colleagues—several...

Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945-52: Alien Prescriptions? is a long-awaited volume borne out of the...

Research into the history of Japanese psychiatry has shown some signs of change in the last couple of decades and is...

Parasitic diseases infected many who settled in Europe's tropical possessions during the nineteenth century.

We rarely show much interest in the basis of safety standards, although the safety of almost everything in...

The two books under review, both by the American scholar Benjamin Elman, mark an epoch in the history of Chinese...

Latin American and East Asian societies have experienced somewhat similar social, cultural, and political...

At the peak of the Cultural Revolution, the barefoot doctor initiative and the production brigade medical stations...

For historians of health and medicine, Southeast Asia is a fascinating area to explore. It has been ravaged by...