Happy March everyone. Let\u2019s check out a selection of titles that we acquired in February. Take a look!<\/p>\n
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Barefoot doctors and western medicine in China<\/a> \/ Xiaoping Fang. Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2012.<\/p>\n From the University of Rochester Press<\/a>:<\/p>\n In 1968, at the height of the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese Communist Party endorsed a radical new system of health-care delivery for the rural masses. Soon every village had at least one barefoot doctor to provide basic medical care, creating a national network of health-care services for the very first time. The barefoot doctors were portrayed nationally and internationally as revolutionary heroes, wading undaunted through rice paddies to bring effective, low-cost care to poor peasants. This book is the first comprehensive study to look beyond the nostalgia dominating present scholarship on public health in China and offer a powerful and carefully contextualized critique of the prevailing views on the role of barefoot doctors, their legacy, and their impact.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Lotions, potions, pills, and magic : health care in early America<\/a> \/ Elaine G. Breslaw. New York : New York University Press, 2012.<\/p>\n Historian Elaine Breslaw explores the health crises of early American settlements and identifies the array of Western medicine and indigenous healing techniques practiced side-by-side, together, or in conflict in the period following the American Revolution.<\/p>\n Conserver la sant\u00e9 ou la r\u00e9tablir : le r\u00f4le de l\u2019environnement dans la m\u00e9decine antique et m\u00e9di\u00e9vale : actes du colloque international, Saint-\u00c9tienne, 23-24 octobre 2008<\/a> \/ textes r\u00e9unis et pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 par Nicoletta Palmieri. Saint \u00c9tienne : Publications de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Saint \u00c9tienne, 2012.<\/p>\n This volume of proceedings from an international colloquium contains work by scholars Jacques Jouanna, Heinrich von Staden, and Klaus-Dietrich Fischer among many others.<\/p>\n Chinese traditional healing : the Berlin collections of manuscript volumes from the 16th through the early 20th century<\/a> \/ by Paul U. Unschuld and Zheng Jinsheng. Leiden ; Boston: Brill, 2012.<\/p>\n An impressive three volume set consisting of one volume of essays and two volumes containing a survey of over 800 Chinese medical manuscripts produced for private use from the 16th<\/sup> to the 20th<\/sup> centuries.<\/p>\n Urban planning and public health in Africa : historical, theoretical and practical dimensions of a continent\u2019s water and sanitation problematic<\/a> \/ Ambe J. Njoh. Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2012.<\/p>\n The author investigates hygiene and sanitation policies in Africa, and the resulting state of public health, in the light of European colonial urban planning.<\/p>\n Have you had a chance to read any of these yet? What did you think?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Happy March everyone. Let\u2019s check out a selection of titles that we acquired in February. Take a look! Barefoot doctors and western medicine in China \/ Xiaoping Fang. Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2012. From the University … Continue reading