Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-228) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Taiwanese doctors under Japanese rule : confronting contradictions and negotiating identities -- Taiwan : a nexus of colonial forces -- National physicians (1920-1931) -- The years of public demobilization (1931-1936) -- Medical modernists (1937-1945) -- Borders of medicine : the Dōjinkai projects in China -- Professional identities, colonial ambiguities, and agents of modernity.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book explores Japan's "scientific colonialism" through a careful study of the changing roles of Taiwanese doctors under Japanese colonial rule. By integrating individual stories based on interviews and archival materials with discussions of political and social theories, Ming-cheng Lo unearths the points of convergence for medicine and politics in colonial Taiwan.
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Title
Doctors within borders.
International Standard Book Number
0520229460
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Medicine-- Taiwan-- History-- 20th century.
Physicians-- Taiwan-- History-- 20th century.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945-- Medical care-- Taiwan.