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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Sichuan, China"”.
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Female Doctors and Educator in Sichuan 1900-1930s
… lives of missionary and local female doctors in Sichuan, China, from 1900 to 1930s. This thesis recovers the history of initiating gendered healthcare and medical education for local women by using archival sources, missionary reports and books, and personal memoirs. In addition, this thesis …
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Media, Representation, Persistence and Relief: the Role of the Internet in Understanding the Physical and Social Dynamics of Catastrophic Natural Hazards.
… such as the L’Aquila, Italy earthquake and the Sichuan, China earthquake demonstrate the persistent threat posed by such events. When a natural hazard occurs, the ensuing disruption to society is more often than not captured and reported by the news media. Thus, the news media is a valuable …
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Time, Self, and the Other in a Rural Chinese Township
… On the basis of 15 months of fieldwork in rural Sichuan (China), I demonstrate that the question of making time’s passage meaningful is inseparable from processes of self and other’s mutual constitution (recognition) in practice. It is in the pursuit of recognition, i.e. the social realisation of …