Mao's Bestiary: Medicinal Animals and Modern China

by Liz P. Y. Chee

Book Overview

Controversy over the medicinal uses of wild animals in China has erupted around the ethics and efficacy of animal-based drugs, the devastating effect of animal farming on wildlife conservation, and the propensity of these practices to foster zoonotic diseases. In Mao's Bestiary, Liz P. Y. Chee traces the history of the use of medicinal animals in modern China. While animal parts and tissue have been used in Chinese medicine for centuries, Chee...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478014040
• ISBN13: 9781478014041
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"