Guenter B Risse

Gebundenes Buch

Plague, Fear, and Politics in San Francisco's Chinatown

Beschreibung

By probing public health interventions in the setting of one of the most visible ethnic communities in United States history, Plague, Fear, and Politics in San Francisco's Chinatown offers insight into the clash of Eastern and Western cultures in a time of medical emergency.

Autor

A physician and historian, Guenter B. Risse is professor emeritus of the history of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and an affiliate professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. His previous books include Hospital Life in Enlightenment Scotland and Mending Bodies, Saving Souls: A History of Hospitals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 645g
• ISBN-13: 9781421405100
• ISBN-10: 1421405105
• Artikelnr.: 34977847