The vaccinators :: smallpox, medical knowledge, and the "opening" of Japan /

By the mid-19th century, when Japan was still largely closed to the West, smallpox epidemics had killed an estimated ten percent of the Japanese population. This text details the appalling cost of Japan's almost 300 year isolation and examines in depth a nation on the cusp of political and soci...

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1. Verfasser: Jannetta, Ann Bowman, 1932-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, ©2007.
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Zusammenfassung:By the mid-19th century, when Japan was still largely closed to the West, smallpox epidemics had killed an estimated ten percent of the Japanese population. This text details the appalling cost of Japan's almost 300 year isolation and examines in depth a nation on the cusp of political and social upheaval.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xviii, 245 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780804779494
080477949X

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