Book ID: CBB001210283

The Great Manchurian Plague of 1910--1911: The Geopolitics of an Epidemic Disease (2012)

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Summers, William C. (Author)


Yale University Press


Publication Date: 2012
Physical Details: 216 pp.; ill.
Language: English

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, as well as with the interactions of three different national powers: Chinese, Japanese, and Russian. In this fascinating case history, William Summers relates how this plague killed as many as 60,000 people in less than a year, and uses the analysis to examine the actions and interactions of the multinational doctors, politicians, and ordinary residents who responded to it. 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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Review Victoria Lee (2015) Review of "Influenza: A Century of Science and Public Health Response". Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (pp. 122-125). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Peckham, Robert
Alibrandi, Rosamaria
Geddes da Filicaia, Marco
Tina Travagliante
Maria Paola Zanoboni
Segata, Jean
Concepts
Medicine and politics
Epidemics
Disease and diseases
Public health
Medicine
Medicine and society
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
Early modern
Medieval
Ancient
Places
Sicily
Manchuria
Japan
Middle and Near East
Hong Kong
Bahia (Brazil)
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