Mass Vaccination: Citizens' Bodies and State Power in Modern China
20 Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

Mass Vaccination

Citizens' Bodies and State Power in Modern China

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Mary Augusta Brazelton
Mary Augusta Brazelton
2019 • 258 pages

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"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"--

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Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University

Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University is a 20-book series with 20 released primary works first released in 1985 with contributions by Laurel Kendall, Dae-Sook Suh, and Roderick MacFarquhar.

The Origins of the Cultural Revolution, Volume 3
The Logic of Japanese Politics
Japan's Imperial Diplomacy: Consuls, Treaty Ports, and War in China, 1895-1938
The North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950
Japan's Colonization of Korea: Discourse and Power
Behind the Gate: Inventing Students in Beijing
Imperial Japan at Its Zenith: The Wartime Celebration of the Empire's 2,600th Anniversary
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