Brazelton, Mary Augusta, 1986-

Mass vaccination : citizens' bodies and state power in modern China / Mary Augusta Brazelton. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource. - Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Journey to the southwest -- Legacies of warlords and empires -- Producing immunity across the hinterland -- The emergence of mass immunization in wartime Kunming -- Nationalizing mass immunization in civil war and revolution -- Vaccination in the early People's Republic, 1949-58 -- Mass immunization in East Asia and global health, 1960-80.

"This book reveals that the mass vaccination campaigns that eradicated smallpox and controlled other infectious diseases in China had a longer history, rooted in the work of researchers in China's southwest hinterlands during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and provided a means for the state to develop new forms of control and engagement with its citizens"--



9781501739996

2019009149


Vaccination--History--China--20th century.
Vaccination--History--China--Yunnan Sheng--20th century.
Immunology--Research--History--China--20th century.
Medical policy--History--China--20th century.


Electronic Books.

RA638 / .M377 2019