The Great Manchurian Plague of 1910-1911: The Geopolitics of an Epidemic Disease
Autor William C. Summersen Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 dec 2012
Summers covers the complex political and economic background of early twentieth-century Manchuria and then moves on to the plague itself, addressing the various contested stories of the plague’s origins, development, and ecological ties. Ultimately, Summers shows how, because of Manchuria’s importance to the world powers of its day, the plague brought together resources, knowledge, and people in ways that enacted in miniature the triumphs and challenges of transnational medical projects such as the World Health Organization.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780300183191
ISBN-10: 0300183194
Pagini: 216
Ilustrații: 13 b-w illus.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Yale University Press
Colecția Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 0300183194
Pagini: 216
Ilustrații: 13 b-w illus.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.43 kg
Editura: Yale University Press
Colecția Yale University Press
Notă biografică
William C. Summers is professor of the history of science and medicine, molecular biophysics and biochemistry, and therapeutic radiology at Yale University.
Recenzii
“A timely and fascinating topic.”—Susan D. Jones, University of Minnesota
"Employing a comprehensive ecological framework, Dr. Summers deftly weaves history, biology and geopolitics for a nuanced explanation of the last plague pandemic outbreak with important lessons for our millennium."—Guenter B. Risse, author of Plague, Fear and Politics in San Francisco’s Chinatown (Hopkins 2012)
"A well-documented and analytical book and by far the best book on the analysis of the complexity of geopolitics in dealing with and subduing one of the worst plague epidemics."—Sin-Kiong WONG, National University of Singapore
“This brief work is a useful adjunct, summary source for students and persons interested in public health.”—Frederick Holmes, Journal of the History of Medicine