The modern epidemic : a history of tuberculosis in Japan /
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| Author / Creator: | Johnston, William, 1955- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. : Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 1995. |
| Description: | xvii, 432 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Harvard East Asian monographs. 162 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2389093 |
| Summary: | This work provides a historical and comparative analysis of modern Japan's epidemic of tuberculosis. It demonstrates the links between such epidemics and the social changes that accompanied modernization, and examines the responses of states, private organizations and individuals to these epidemics |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 432 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-412) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0674579127 (hardcover) |
