Statistics and the language of global health: institutions and experts in china, taiwan, and the world, 1917–1960
Auteur :
Lin, Yi-Tang
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108845922
Date de publication :
3 nov. 2022
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,9 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
550 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Yi-Tang Lin presents the historical process by which statistics became the language of global health. Using the case study of China and Taiwan in the period 1917-1960, Yi-Tang Lin examines the efforts by universities, foundations and health organizations to turn numbers into an international language for public health policy.