Overview
This work identifies significant factors influencing, on the one hand, the historical pattern of sexually acquired diseases in 12 countries in Asia and the Pacific and, on the other hand, factors shaping the government and community responses to that pattern. Contributors analyze the role of supranational forces such as colonialism and economic modernization as well as distinctive national factors. The geographic scope is wide, extending from India in the west, to China in the east, to Australia in the south. The chronological scope is equally ambitious and contributors review two centuries or more of history, while also addressing the effect of the AIDS pandemic in a region of great social and economic dynamism. A number of factors including gender and economic inequality, as well as colonialism and economic growth, have been identified as important to the historical spread of sexually transmitted diseases and to the collective response of the spread. Quantitative data on disease incidence and mortality are used extensively throughout the book as are demographic, economic, and social statistics.
Full Product Details
Author: Milton Lewis ,
Scott Bamber ,
Michael Waugh
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Volume: No. 43.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.595kg
ISBN: 9780313294426
ISBN 10: 0313294429
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 30 March 1997
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
[R]eminds us that sexually transmitted diseases imposed on mankind a terrible burden of suffering, disfigurement, disability, and death long before the appearance of HIV/AIDS.... Whether one's interest in disease in general, or sexually-transmitted disease in particular, or in AIDS, or even just in history or demographic history, or colonial history, this collection will be found both timely and useful. -Population Studies - A Journal of Demography The book makes acknowledgeable contribution to the comaprative history of STDs. It fills a hole for Asia and the Pacific in the literature. But even more important....is the specific contribution it makes to AIDS. -Journal of Third World Studies YReminds us that sexually transmitted diseases imposed on mankind a terrible burden of suffering, disfigurement, disability, and death long before the appearance of HIV/AIDS.... Whether one's interest in disease in general, or sexually-transmitted disease in particular, or in AIDS, or even just in history or demographic history, or colonial history, this collection will be found both timely and useful. -Population Studies - A Journal of Demography ?The book makes acknowledgeable contribution to the comaprative history of STDs. It fills a hole for Asia and the Pacific in the literature. But even more important....is the specific contribution it makes to AIDS.?-Journal of Third World Studies ?[R]eminds us that sexually transmitted diseases imposed on mankind a terrible burden of suffering, disfigurement, disability, and death long before the appearance of HIV/AIDS.... Whether one's interest in disease in general, or sexually-transmitted disease in particular, or in AIDS, or even just in history or demographic history, or colonial history, this collection will be found both timely and useful.?-Population Studies - A Journal of Demography ?The idea behind this series is a worthy one as many people in many societies regard STDs, along with the sexual activities of which they are part, as taboo topics....[T]his book, and the others to follow in the series, should be welcomed as a step towards constructing of a bridge between the different cultures of the world and understanding how the relationship between health and healing can be conceptualized.?-The Journal of Asian Studies The idea behind this series is a worthy one as many people in many societies regard STDs, along with the sexual activities of which they are part, as taboo topics....[T]his book, and the others to follow in the series, should be welcomed as a step towards constructing of a bridge between the different cultures of the world and understanding how the relationship between health and healing can be conceptualized. -The Journal of Asian Studies A great deal has been written about the history of STD's and HIV/AIDS in Europe and North America, but information about these infections in Asia and the Pacific is lacking. For the first time, this book provides a unique and comprehensive overview of the subject in a range of diverse countries and cultures. -Adrian Mindel, Professor of Sexual Health Medicine University of Sydney and University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW
A great deal has been written about the history of STD's and HIV/AIDS in Europe and North America, but information about these infections in Asia and the Pacific is lacking. For the first time, this book provides a unique and comprehensive overview of the subject in a range of diverse countries and cultures. -Adrian Mindel, Professor of Sexual Health Medicine University of Sydney and University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW
Author Information
MILTON LEWIS is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Sydney, Australia. SCOTT BAMBER is Project Development Specialist, Thai-Australian Northern AIDS Prevention and Care Program, Chiangmai, Thailand. MICHAEL WAUGH is Consultant Genitourinary Physician of the General Infirmary in Leeds in the United Kingdom.
