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Death in Beijing: Murder and Forensic Science in Republican China (Science in History) Hardcover – Aug by Daniel Asen (Author) › Visit Amazon's Daniel Asen Page.

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A Death in Peking is the result. The book dissects the crime, utilising a broader range of historical sources - British, Chinese, Canadian, Italian and American. The context of Pamela Werner’s death and its investigation are examined.

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In this period, those who died violently or under suspicious circumstances constituted a particularly important population of the dead, subject to new claims by police, legal and medical. New from Cambridge University Press: Death in Beijing: Murder and Forensic Science in Republican China by Daniel Asen.

About the book, from the publisher:In this innovative and engaging history of homicide investigation in Republican Beijing, Daniel Asen explores the transformation of ideas about death in China in the first half of the twentieth century. Daniel Asen’s Death in Beijing investigates the history of forensics against the immediate backdrop of Republican-period Beijing.

Using the application of forensic technique both as his subject and as an entry point, Asen shows how cases of death became a. Suspicious deaths and city life in Republican Beijing -- 2. On the case with the Beijing procuracy -- 3. Disputed forensics and skeletal remains -- 4. Publicity, professionals, and the cause of forensic reform -- 5.

Professional politics of a crime scene -- 6. Dissection and its discontents -- 7. COVID Resources. Reliable information about the coronavirus (COVID) is available from the World Health Organization (current situation, international travel).Numerous and frequently-updated resource results are available from this ’s WebJunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.

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