Leprosy in China: A History

by Angela Ki Che Leung

Angela Ki Che Leung's meticulous study begins with the classical annals of the imperial era, which contain the first descriptions of a feared and stigmatized disorder modern researchers now identify as leprosy. She then tracks the relationship between the disease and China's social and political spheres (theories of contagion prompted community and statewide efforts at segregation); religious traditions (Buddhism and Daoism ascribed redemptive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231123000
• ISBN13: 9780231123006
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher