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Book Title
Plague, Fear, and Politics in San Francisco's Chinatown
Publication Name
Plague, Fear, and Politics in San Francisco's Chinatown
Title
Plague, Fear, and Politics in San Francisco's Chinatown
Author
Guenter B. Risse
Format
Hardcover
ISBN-10
1421405105
EAN
9781421405100
ISBN
9781421405100
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Genre
Science, Business & Economics, Medical, History, Social Science
Topic
Discrimination & Race Relations, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, Economic Conditions, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), History, Epidemiology, Sociology / Urban
Release Date
11/06/2012
Release Year
2012
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
1.2in
Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
23.2 Oz
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
392 Pages

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People and bubonic plague have a long and tragic history. When health officials in San Francisco thought they discovered plague in their city's Chinatown in 1900, they responded with intrusive, controlling, and arbitrary measures that touched off a sociocultural clash still relevant today. Guenter B. Risse's history of this epidemic features the ......

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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
1421405105
ISBN-13
9781421405100
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111947041

Product Key Features

Author
Guenter B. Risse
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Discrimination & Race Relations, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, Economic Conditions, United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), History, Epidemiology, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Genre
Science, Business & Economics, Medical, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
392 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
23.2 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Wc 355
Grade from
College Graduate Student
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In Plague, Fear, and Politics in San Francisco's Chinatown, Guenter Risse presents a thoroughly researched, nuanced analysis of events surrounding the outbreak of bubonic plague in San Francisco from 1900 to 1904. While much has been written about this epidemic... Risse's book is a significant addition to scholarship in this area. It places the epidemic in a broader context, and it adds a unique perspective that focuses on the effects on the residents of Chinatown of the plague and the public health response to it... This book is more than merely the story of one plague epidemic. It is also a good source for the history of the Chinese immigrant experience in American, early twentieth-century San Francisco politics, and California history... Scholars in variety of disciplines will find much of interest and avenues for further exploration in Risse's important book., The author, a well-known historian of medicine long resident in San Francisco, has impeccable credentials to tackle one of the most complex and tortured episodes in the history of American public health. He does not disappoint., Risse is the first writer to be comprehensive, exploring all facets of the plague, digging into personal accounts, even using the archives of Chinese accounts and Chinese personal letters to tell their side. His treatment is successful., ""Risse is the first writer to be comprehensive, exploring all facets of the plague, digging into personal accounts, even using the archives of Chinese accounts and Chinese personal letters to tell their side. His treatment is successful."", Risse's impressive book provides the most detailed examination of the political, cultural, and medical landscape in which a deadly plague appeared in San Francisco and became associated with Chinese bodies and Chinatown... Risse deserves much credit for adding a great deal of nuance and texture to our historical understanding of plague and politics in early twentieth-century San Francisco.
Publication Name
Plague, Fear, and Politics in San Francisco's Chinatown
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Before Plague 1. The People of Tang in San Francisco A Migrant from Taishan Framing Chinese Space Lifestyles and Governance Politics and Violence 2. Guarding Life and the Way of Death Wong's Illness and Folk Religion Cultivating Vitality Shelters and Dispensaries Corpses and Bones 3. Sanitation, Microbes, and Plague Issuing Death Certificates From Miasma to Germs Sanitation in Chinatown Third Plague Pandemic The Final Diagnosis 4. Officials, Mandarins, and the Press San Francisco and Its Health Officials The Lords of Chinatown Partner or Foe? The Governor and the State Health Board "Warriors of Epidemics": The Marine Hospital Service "Playing with Ink": Western and Chinese Journalism in San Francisco Part II: Plague 5. Early Scenes of Terror: March-June 1900 Roping Chinatown: First Plague Diagnosis and Quarantine New Deaths: Searches, Vaccinations, and Fear of Detention "Wolf Doctors" Hunt for Plague Turmoil: Another Quarantine and a Federal Lawsuit 6. The Siege Continues: June-December 1900 Federal Quarantine of California: A Political Blunder Valuable Real Estate: Planning Chinatown's Removal Plague Diagnoses: A Quarrel between Experts Tarnished Image: Plague, Boxers, and Reformers 7. Plague Goes Undergroun: 1901 Expert Opinion: Adventures of a Federal Commission Persona Non Grata: The Ouster of Kinyoun Odd Bedfellows: The Federal, State, and City Cleanup Hide and Seek: Tracking Sick and Dead Chinese Residents 8. Rumors and Realities: 1902 San Francisco Stand-off: Mayor versus Health Board No Plague: "Ostrich" Policies under Fire Federal Officials Target People and Rats "Beating the Tiger": A Mandarin's Downfall 9. National Threat: 1903 Is San Francisco Infected? Health Conferences and Railroads Leaders under Pressure: A Shift in Health Policies Real Estate and the Plan to Raze Chinatown Chinese Cooperation: Joint Sanitary Inspections 10. Sanitarians Claim Victory: 1904-1905 Puppet Show: San Francisco's New Health Board Dawn of a Public Health Fraternity Targeting Rats: Poisons and Demolitions The Oriental City Project Pyrrhic Victory Epilogue Appendix: San Francisco Plague Cases Notes Index, Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Before Plague 1. The People of Tang in San Francisco A Migrant from Taishan Framing Chinese Space Lifestyles and Governance Politics and Violence 2. Guarding Life and the Way of Death Wong's Illness and Folk Religion Cultivating Vitality Shelters and Dispensaries Corpses and Bones 3. Sanitation, Microbes, and Plague Issuing Death Certificates From Miasma to Germs Sanitation in Chinatown Third Plague Pandemic The Final Diagnosis 4. Officials, Mandarins, and the Press San Francisco and Its Health Officials The Lords of Chinatown Partner or Foe? The Governor and the State Health Board ""Warriors of Epidemics"": The Marine Hospital Service ""Playing with Ink"": Western and Chinese Journalism in San Francisco Part II: Plague 5. Early Scenes of Terror: March-June 1900 Roping Chinatown: First Plague Diagnosis and Quarantine New Deaths: Searches, Vaccinations, and Fear of Detention ""Wolf Doctors"" Hunt for Plague Turmoil: Another Quarantine and a Federal Lawsuit 6. The Siege Continues: June-December 1900 Federal Quarantine of California: A Political Blunder Valuable Real Estate: Planning Chinatown's Removal Plague Diagnoses: A Quarrel between Experts Tarnished Image: Plague, Boxers, and Reformers 7. Plague Goes Undergroun: 1901 Expert Opinion: Adventures of a Federal Commission Persona Non Grata: The Ouster of Kinyoun Odd Bedfellows: The Federal, State, and City Cleanup Hide and Seek: Tracking Sick and Dead Chinese Residents 8. Rumors and Realities: 1902 San Francisco Stand-off: Mayor versus Health Board No Plague: ""Ostrich"" Policies under Fire Federal Officials Target People and Rats ""Beating the Tiger"": A Mandarin's Downfall 9. National Threat: 1903 Is San Francisco Infected? Health Conferences and Railroads Leaders under Pressure: A Shift in Health Policies Real Estate and the Plan to Raze Chinatown Chinese Cooperation: Joint Sanitary Inspections 10. Sanitarians Claim Victory: 1904-1905 Puppet Show: San Francisco's New Health Board Dawn of a Public Health Fraternity Targeting Rats: Poisons and Demolitions The Oriental City Project Pyrrhic Victory Epilogue Appendix: San Francisco Plague Cases Notes Index
Copyright Date
2012
Lccn
2011-035144
Dewey Decimal
614.5/7320979461
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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