Sex, Disease, and Society

A Comparative History of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific

Milton Lewis editor Scott Bamber editor Michael Waugh editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:30th Mar '97

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Traces the history of sexually acquired diseases in 12 countries of Asia and government responses to those diseases, with a focus on HIV-AIDS.

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.

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 statist

ISBN: 9780313294426

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 595g

312 pages