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Chinese Medicine in Contemporary China: Plurality and Synthesis Hardcover - 2002
by Volker Scheid
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"Volker Scheid reveals the dynamic context of Chinese medicine and its continuous process of encounter, interpretation, negotiation, and synthesis. This study's depth of detail and breathtaking interdisciplinary scope provide a multidimensional understanding of Chinese medicine and the forces that nourish, constrain, and transform it. Any serious scholar or practitioner will want to read and reread this groundbreaking volume."--Ted J. Kaptchuk, author of "The Web That Has No Weaver: Understanding Chinese Medicine"
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- Title Chinese Medicine in Contemporary China: Plurality and Synthesis
- Author Volker Scheid
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 432
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Duke University Press, Durham, N.C.
- Date April 2002
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780822328575 / 0822328577
- Weight 1.83 lbs (0.83 kg)
- Dimensions 9.54 x 6.36 x 1.42 in (24.23 x 16.15 x 3.61 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Library of Congress subjects Medicine, Chinese, Medicine - China
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001056851
- Dewey Decimal Code 610.951
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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 --;…
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