Chinese Medicine in Early Communist China, 1945-1963: A Medicine of Revolution (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415514064)

Using original sources, this significant text looks at the transformation of Chinese medicine from a marginal, side-lined medical practice of the early twentieth century, to an essential and high-profile part of the national health-care system under the Chinese Communist Party. The political, economic and social motives which drove this promotion are analyzed and the extraordinary role that Chinese medicine was meant to play in Mao Zedong's revolution is fully explored for the first time, making a major contribution to the history of Chinese medicine.

Author: Kim Taylor
ISBN-10: 0415514061
ISBN-13: 9780415514064
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 11/29/2011
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.53d