Risse, Guenter B., 1932-

Plague, fear, and politics in San Francisco's Chinatown /Guenter B. Risse. - Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (1 volume)

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Includes bibliographies and index.

"The people of Tang" in San Francisco -- "Guarding life" and way of death -- Sanitation, microbes, and plague -- Officials, Mandarins, and the press -- Early scenes of terror : Chinatown, March to June 1900 -- The siege continues : Chinatown, June to December 1900 -- Secrecy : plague goes underground, 1901 -- Rumors and realities : plague in California, 1902 -- National threat, 1903 -- Sanitarians claim victory, 1904 to 1905.



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Plague--History.--California--San Francisco
Prejudices.
Asian Americans--history
Plague--history
Socioeconomic Factors
Disease Outbreaks--history
Prejudice
History, 20th Century


Electronic Books.

RC176 / .P534 2012