{"title":"Japanese Public Health Concerns in Treaty-Port Manchuria","authors":"B. Sewell","doi":"10.3138/cjh-57-1-2021-0113","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Scholars often portray colonial medicine either as exemplifying the triumph of progress or as a means of expanding imperial authority. Adding to these views a consideration of the range of activities present on the ground reveals activities consistent with both perspectives, but points also to limitations inherent in perceiving these efforts in these two ways. A more focused view also acknowledges the inherently abusive side of the colonial project, underscoring the potential to become categorically worse should the historical context shift. The Japanese imperialist effort in Manchuria in the first half of the twentieth century exhibits this range clearly, resulting as it did in particularly extreme behaviour.Résumé:Les chercheurs décrivent souvent la médecine coloniale soit comme un exemple du triomphe du progrès, soit comme un moyen d'étendre l'autorité impériale. Outre ces points de vue, l'examen de l'éventail des activités présentes sur le terrain révèle des activités compatibles avec les deux visions, mais il souligne également les limites inhérentes à la perception de ces efforts sous ces deux angles. Une analyse plus ciblée reconnaît le côté intrinsèquement abusif du projet colonial tout en soulignant la capacité de ce dernier à devenir catégoriquement pire si le contexte historique change. Les efforts impérialistes du Japon en Mandchourie au cours de la première moitié du vingtième siècle illustrent parfaitement ce tableau, donnant à voir des comportements particulièrement extrêmes.","PeriodicalId":43085,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of History-Annales Canadiennes d Histoire","volume":"57 1","pages":"111 - 81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Canadian Journal of History-Annales Canadiennes d Histoire","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3138/cjh-57-1-2021-0113","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"HISTORY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:Scholars often portray colonial medicine either as exemplifying the triumph of progress or as a means of expanding imperial authority. Adding to these views a consideration of the range of activities present on the ground reveals activities consistent with both perspectives, but points also to limitations inherent in perceiving these efforts in these two ways. A more focused view also acknowledges the inherently abusive side of the colonial project, underscoring the potential to become categorically worse should the historical context shift. The Japanese imperialist effort in Manchuria in the first half of the twentieth century exhibits this range clearly, resulting as it did in particularly extreme behaviour.Résumé:Les chercheurs décrivent souvent la médecine coloniale soit comme un exemple du triomphe du progrès, soit comme un moyen d'étendre l'autorité impériale. Outre ces points de vue, l'examen de l'éventail des activités présentes sur le terrain révèle des activités compatibles avec les deux visions, mais il souligne également les limites inhérentes à la perception de ces efforts sous ces deux angles. Une analyse plus ciblée reconnaît le côté intrinsèquement abusif du projet colonial tout en soulignant la capacité de ce dernier à devenir catégoriquement pire si le contexte historique change. Les efforts impérialistes du Japon en Mandchourie au cours de la première moitié du vingtième siècle illustrent parfaitement ce tableau, donnant à voir des comportements particulièrement extrêmes.
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The Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d’histoire (CJH/ACH), published by University of Toronto Press, is a peer-reviewed journal of general history publishing in both English and French. Geared to all professional historians, as well as to anyone interested in historical scholarship, it features articles and reviews by experts, and invites contributions from all areas of history. The journal has resisted the trend toward increased specialization and offers an excellent way to keep up with developments across the discipline. The CJH/ACH publishes three issues annually in spring, fall, and winter. While the content of our issues varies seasonally, each issue may contain a maximum of four articles, one or two historiographical review articles, and approximately forty book reviews, including one or two longer “feature reviews,” which typically consider one or two books in somewhat greater depth. Our winter issue regularly features a guest editor and focuses on a specific theme or topic of their choosing.