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