The great Manchurian plague of 1910-1911 : the geopolitics of an epidemic disease /

Summers, William C.,

The great Manchurian plague of 1910-1911 : the geopolitics of an epidemic disease / William C. Summers. - New Haven : Yale University Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xiii, 202 pages) : illustrations, maps

Includes bibliographies and index.

Plague comes to Manchuria -- The Manchurian question -- The plague -- The international plague conference and its aftermath -- The plague's origin : disease ecology -- Plague and politics -- Epilogue : a century later.

Summers covers the complex political and economic background of early 20th-century Manchuria and then moves on to the plague itself, addressing the various contested stories of the plague's origins, development and ecological ties.



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Plague--History--China--20th century.
Epidemics--History--China--20th century.
Politics, Practical.
Epidemics--history
Plague--history
Epidemics--prevention & control
History, 20th Century
International Cooperation--history
Politics


Electronic Books.

RC178 / .G743 2012