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Plague, fear, and politics in San Francisco's Chinatown

Risse, Guenter B., 1932-

Plague, fear, and politics in San Francisco's Chinatown [electronic resource] / Guenter B. Risse. - Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (p. ) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The people of Tang" in San Francisco -- "Guarding life" and way of death -- Sanitation, microbes, and plague -- Officials, Mandarins, and the press -- Early scenes of terror : Chinatown, March to June 1900 -- The siege continues : Chinatown, June to December 1900 -- Secrecy : plague goes underground, 1901 -- Rumors and realities : plague in California, 1902 -- National threat, 1903 -- Sanitarians claim victory, 1904 to 1905.

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Socioeconomic Factors--San Francisco.
Prejudice--San Francisco.
History, 20th Century--San Francisco.
Disease Outbreaks--history--San Francisco.
Plague--history--San Francisco.
Asian Americans--history--San Francisco.


Electronic books.

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