Statistics and the Language of Global Health: Institutions and Experts in China, Taiwan, and the World, 1917–1960 (Global Health Histories) - Tapa blanda

Lin, Yi-Tang

 
9781108994057: Statistics and the Language of Global Health: Institutions and Experts in China, Taiwan, and the World, 1917–1960 (Global Health Histories)
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ISBN 10: 1108994059 ISBN 13: 9781108994057
Editorial: Cambridge University Press, 2025

Sinopsis

Yi-Tang Lin presents the historical process by which statistics became the language of global health for local and international health organizations. Drawing on archival material from three continents, this study investigates efforts by public health schools, philanthropic foundations, and international organizations to turn numbers into an international language for public health. Lin shows how these initiatives produced an international network of public health experts who, across various socioeconomic and political contexts, opted for different strategies when it came to setting global standards and translating local realities into numbers. Focusing on China and Taiwan between 1917 and 1960, Lin examines the reception, adaptation, and appropriation of international health statistics. She presents the dynamic interplay between numbers, experts, and policy-making in international health organizations and administrations in China and Taiwan. This title is also available as Open Access.

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Yi-Tang Lin is a Swiss National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow and a visiting scholar at the Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies for 2021–22.

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Cambridge University Press
Año de publicación
2025
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ISBN 10 
1108994059
ISBN 13 
9781108994057
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Número de páginas
278
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Cambridge University Press
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