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)
OldControl:muse9781421405537.
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.
9781421405537
Plague--History.--California--San Francisco Prejudices. Asian Americans--history Plague--history Socioeconomic Factors Disease Outbreaks--history Prejudice History, 20th Century