Chinese Medicine in Contemporary China Plurality and Synthesis (Science and Cultural Theory) by Volker Scheid; Volker Scheid ISBN 13: 9780822328575

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Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2002. Hardcover. Near fine with small remainder mark to bottom edge and a few dog-ear creases (approx. 5 leaves only); no jacket.. Small quarto in blue cloth-backed boards; xiv, 407 pages: illustrations; 25 cm.Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-395) and index. Contents: Timeline on Chinese History --; Geographical Map of China --; pt. I.; Chinese Medicine and the Problem of Plurality --; 1.; Orientations --; 2.; Plurality and Synthesis: Toward a Multisited Ethnography of Chinese Medicine --; pt. II.; Contemporary Chinese Medicine: Six Perspectives --; 3.; Hegemonic Pluralism: Chinese Medicine in a Socialist State --; 4.; Dilemmas and Tactical Agency: Patients and the Transformation of Chinese Medicine --; 5.; Shaping Chinese Medicine: Integration, Innovation, Synthesis --; 6.; Students, Disciples, and the Art of Social Networking: Becoming a Physician of Chinese Medicine --; 7.; Bianzheng lunzhi: The Emergent Pivot of Contemporary Chinese Medicine --;… Read More

Duke Univ Pr, 2002. Hardcover. New. 407 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.50 inches.