Mass vaccination: citizens' bodies and state power in modern China

"This book reveals that the mass vaccination campaigns that eradicated smallpox and controlled other infectious diseases in China had a longer history, rooted in the work of researchers in China's southwest hinterlands during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and provided a means for the state...

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Main Author: Brazelton, Mary Augusta 1986- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca ; London Cornell University Press 2019
Edition:First published
Series:Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
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Summary:"This book reveals that the mass vaccination campaigns that eradicated smallpox and controlled other infectious diseases in China had a longer history, rooted in the work of researchers in China's southwest hinterlands during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and provided a means for the state to develop new forms of control and engagement with its citizens"--
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis Seite 201-237
Physical Description:XVII, 237 Seiten
ISBN:9781501739989
1501739980