Hygienic Modernity

Ruth Rogaski is Associate Professor of History at Vanderbilt University.

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue: Sun the Perfected One's Song of Guarding Life Introduction 1. "Conquering the One Hundred Diseases": Weisheng before the Twentieth Century 2. Health and Disease in Heaven's Ford 3. Medical Encounters and Divergences 4. Translating Weisheng in Treaty-Port China 5. Transforming Eisei in Meiji Japan 6. Deficiency and Sovereignty: Hygienic Modernity in the Occupation of Tianjin, 1900--1902 7. Seen and Unseen: The Urban Landscape and Boundaries of Weisheng 8. Weisheng and the Desire for Modernity 9. Japanese Management of Germs in Tianjin 10. Germ Warfare and Patriotic Weisheng Conclusion Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

"By exploring both the transformations that took place in the understanding of weisheng [protecting life/vitality] and the changing nature of the lives of the people of Tianjin, Rogaski offers a nuanced picture of Chinese society during a century of tremendous upheaval. Hygienic Modernity is an important and fascinating book. It should be read by all scholars interested in the histories of modern China and Japan and by those investigating the development of public health in East Asia."