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Epidemics in Modern Asia (New Approaches to Asian History) by Robert Shannan Peckham is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Epidemics in Modern Asia (New Approaches to Asian History) about?
Epidemics have played a critical role in shaping modern Asia. Encompassing two centuries of Asian history, Robert Peckham explores the profound impact that infectious disease has had on societies across the region: from India to China and the Russian Far East. The book tracks the links between biology, history, and geopolitics, highlighting infectious disease's interdependencies with empire, modernization, revolution, nationalism, migration, and transnational patterns of trade. By examining the
Who reads Epidemics in Modern Asia (New Approaches to Asian History)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Robert Shannan Peckham
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781107084681
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Medical, Political Science, World
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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