Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945-52 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945-52 write by Christopher Aldous. This book was released on 2011-12-02. Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945-52 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Whilst most facets of the Occupation of Japan have attracted much scholarly debate in recent decades, this is not the case with reforms relating to public health. The few studies of this subject largely follow the celebratory account of US-inspired advances, strongly associated with Crawford Sams, the key figure in the Occupation charged with carrying them out. This book tests the validity of this dominant narrative, interrogating its chief claims, exploring the influences acting on it, and critically examining the reform’s broader significance for the Occupation and its legacies for both Japan and the US. The book argues that rather than presiding over a revolution in public health, the Public Health and Welfare Section, headed by Sams, recommended methods of epidemic disease control and prevention that were already established in Japan and were not the innovations that they were often claimed to be. Where high incidence of such endemic diseases as dysentery and tuberculosis reflected serious socio-economic problems or deficiencies in sanitary infrastructure, little was done in practice to tackle the fundamental problems of poor water quality, the continued use of night soil as fertilizer and pervasive malnutrition. Improvements in these areas followed the trajectory of recovery, growth and rising prosperity in the 1950s and 1960s. This book will be important reading for anyone studying Japanese History, the History of Medicine, Public Health in Asia and Asian Social Policy.
Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945-52
Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945-52 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945-52 write by Christopher Aldous. This book was released on 2012. Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945-52 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book critically examines public health reform during the Occupation of Japan and interrogates the reforms broader significance for the Occupation and its legacies for both Japan and the US.
Unconditional Democracy
Unconditional Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Unconditional Democracy write by Toshio Nishi. This book was released on 1982. Unconditional Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The difficult mission of a regime change: Toshio Nishi gives an account of how America converted the Japanese mindset from war to peace following World War II.
Democracy in Occupied Japan
Democracy in Occupied Japan - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Democracy in Occupied Japan write by Mark E. Caprio. This book was released on 2007-03-06. Democracy in Occupied Japan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With expert contributions from both the US and Japan, this book examines the legacies of the US Occupation on Japanese politics and society, and discusses the long-term impact of the Occupation on contemporary Japan. Focusing on two central themes – democracy and the interplay of US-initiated reforms and Japan's endogenous drive for democratization and social justice – the contributors address key questions: How did the US authorities and the Japanese people define democracy? To what extent did America impose their notions of democracy on Japan? How far did the Japanese pursue impulses toward reform, rooted in their own history and values? Which reforms were readily accepted and internalized, and which were ultimately subverted by the Japanese as impositions from outside? These questions are tackled by exploring the dynamics of the reform process from the three perspectives of innovation, continuity and compromise, specifically determining the effect that this period made to Japanese social, economic, and political understanding. Critically examines previously unexplored issues that influenced postwar Japan such as the effect of labour and healthcare legislation, textbook revision, and minority policy. Illuminating contemporary Japan, its achievements, its potential and its quandaries, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Japanese-US relations, Japanese history and Japanese politics.
Pioneering Health in London, 1935-2000
Pioneering Health in London, 1935-2000 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Pioneering Health in London, 1935-2000 write by David Kuchenbuch. This book was released on 2018-10-25. Pioneering Health in London, 1935-2000 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Peckham Experiment, conducted between 1935 and 1950 in the London Pioneer Health Centre, was one of the most talked-about social experiments of the 20th century. Families from the South London neighbourhood of Peckham were invited to use the facilities of a radiantly modern building. They were encouraged to freely choose and organize their leisure activities, taking advantage of a swimming pool, a gymnasium, and a self-service cafeteria. In doing so, both their health status and interaction with other members of the nascent centre-community were closely observed by a team of physicians. The first research monograph on the history of the experiment building on archival sources, this book combines a micro-historical perspective with methods from the history of science. It shows how bio-medical holism and evolutionary theories typical of the interwar years informed research on social life in the centre. But it also reveals that the "guinea pigs", too, were trying to make sense of the research they were taking part in. The outcome was an ambiguous social laboratory that generated new insights into the power of social groups to self-organize, which were soon discussed all over the world – and continue to haunt British political debates today.
