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 le...
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.
作者简介
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William C. Summers is professor of the history of science and medicine, molecular biophysics and biochemistry, and therapeutic radiology at Yale University.
NICHES:CULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL
Epidemic disease is one manifestation of a change in ecological niche.As an infectious agent adapts,new balances must be struck with respect to both host and parasite,and alternatively,as a host changes,new selections often drive new adaptations in microbes.We have seen,in the case of the Great Plague in Manchuria,that new populations,new technologies,and new politics all contributed to the spread of Y.pestis and the disruption of the more or less stable equilibrium that existed in the traditional Asian communities of humans and marmots.Epidemics can result from newly virulent strains,but probably more often,it is the opening of new niches by human actions that provides new opportunities for disease expansions.What was the cause of the Great Plague?Simply... (查看原文)
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1 有用 sanbilly 2013-04-06 21:50:52
老先生的研究没有用中日文材料。。我能说什么呢。班老师也给这本书写了篇书评。。她告诉我，这书评很难写。
0 有用 小红帽 2013-11-20 02:52:10
interesting content, and short, easy read. but could be better edited
0 有用 我是小狗 2022-01-14 22:03:55
好贵的书，我出往返邮费，有大佬借我看看么。220223/perlego上有这本书。 从政治，卫生角度讲述了发生在1910年的满洲鼠疫。虽然史料引用多是西方的，但以今视之，想当然尔。辛亥年的前夜，大清帝国的丧钟已然敲响。
0 有用 舍利子 2024-02-20 01:49:06 广东
補標。
0 有用 本杰明·海瑟薇 2022-04-23 04:36:04
令人有些失望，这更像是四五十年代的西方学者作品