Statistics and the Language of Global Health
Statistics and the Language of Global Health
Institutions and Experts in China, Taiwan, and the World, 1917–1960
De:Lin, Yi-Tang
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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.