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The modern epidemic : a history of tuberculosis in Japan / William Johnston.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnston, William, 1955- author.
- Series:
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 162.
- Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection ISBN: 9789004407077.
- Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 162
- Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tuberculosis--Japan--History--19th century.
- Tuberculosis.
- Tuberculosis--Japan--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- A History of Tuberculosis in Japan
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 1995.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Epidemics in History
- What is Tuberculosis?
- Prelude to a Plague
- The Epidemic: Peak, Plateau, and Decline
- Tuberculosis as an Object of Stigma
- Tuberculosis in Modern Japanese Literature
- State Hygiene in Meiji Japan
- The Promise of Medical Science
- The Disease as Outlaw: 1900-1920
- The State Takes Control
- Health, the State, and the Modern Epidemic
- Mortality Statistics for Consumption and Tuberculosis in Japan, 1886-1989
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
- Harvard East Asian Monographs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-412) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: The Modern Epidemic: A History of Tuberculosis in Japan,
- ISBN:
- 9781684173020
- 9780674579125
- OCLC:
- 1001545726
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9781684173020 DOI
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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