TY - BOOK ID - 80748853 TI - The great Manchurian plague of 1910-1911 PY - 2012 SN - 1283906430 030018476X 9780300184761 9780300183191 0300183194 9781283906432 PB - New Haven DB - UniCat KW - Plague KW - Epidemics KW - Disease outbreaks KW - Diseases KW - Outbreaks of disease KW - Pandemics KW - Pestilences KW - Communicable diseases KW - Bubonic plague KW - Yersinia infections KW - History KW - Outbreaks KW - Epidemiology. KW - History of medicine KW - History, 20th Century KW - International Cooperation KW - Politics KW - Prevention & control KW - Chinese medicine UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80748853 AB - 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. ER -