Plague Prevention and Politics in Manchuria, 1910-1931 / / Carl F. Nathan.

Plague prevention in Manchuria became an urgent matter both of public health and of politics in the 1920s and 1930s. If the virulent pneumonic plague could not be quarantined and suppressed, all North China and even nearby countries might be endangered. If China could not deal with the plague, Japan...

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Superior document:Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 23
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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 1967.
Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 1967.
Year of Publication:1967
Language:English
Series:Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 23.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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Summary:Plague prevention in Manchuria became an urgent matter both of public health and of politics in the 1920s and 1930s. If the virulent pneumonic plague could not be quarantined and suppressed, all North China and even nearby countries might be endangered. If China could not deal with the plague, Japan, Russia, and indeed the whole outside world might be justified in moving into Manchuria to do the job, and China's already limited sovereignty there could be further weakened.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1684171547
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Carl F. Nathan.