Great Manchurian Plague of 1910-1911 - The Geopolitics of an Epidemic Disease

Klappentext When plague broke out in Manchuria in 1910 as a result of transmission from marmots to humans, it struck a region struggling with the introduction of Western medicine. This book covers the complex political and economic background of early twentieth-century Manchuria and then moves on to the plague itself. Zusammenfassung When plague broke out in Manchuria in 1910 as a result of transmission from marmots to humans! it struck a region struggling with the introduction of Western medicine. This book covers the complex political and economic background of early twentieth-century Manchuria and then moves on to the plague itself.

Product details

• Authors: William C Summers, William C. Summers, Summers William C.
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.11.2012
• EAN: 9780300183191
• ISBN: 978-0-300-18319-1
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, Epidemiology & medical statistics, MEDICAL / History, MEDICAL / Biostatistics, MEDICAL / Epidemiology, History of Medicine, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, Epidemiology and Medical statistics