Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-301) and index.
Introduction -- Caring for the sick, helping the poor : the development of hospitals in Shanghai -- Protecting life, controlling the city : the origins and development of the Shanghai Municipal Public Health Bureau -- Teaching about health, mobilizing the masses : hygiene campaigns in Shanghai -- Selling hygiene, supporting nations : health, hygiene, and commercial culture -- Conclusion.
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"Considers China's modern transformation through the idea of "good health" as it evolved in late nineteenth- and twentieth-century Shanghai. "Good health" did not simply mean individual well-being. It was also a notable outcome of Western medicine, a goal of Chinese nation-building, a marker of modern civilization, and a commercial catchphrase"--Provided by publisher.