Practical Pursuits: Takano Choei, Takahashi Keisaku, and Western Medicine in Nineteenth-Century Japan

Practical Pursuits: Takano Choei, Takahashi Keisaku, and Western Medicine in Nineteenth-Century Japan Nakamura Ellen Gardner Wydawca: Harvard University, Asia Center Data wydania: 2005 ISBN: 9780674019522 Liczba stron: Format: 229 x 152 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: Nakamura argues that the study of Western medicine assembled doctors from all over the country in efforts to effect social change. By examining the social impact of Western learning at the level of everyday life, the book offers a broad picture of the way in which Western medicine, and Western knowledge, was absorbed and adapted in Japan.