Contagious Divides
Subtitle: Epidemics and Race in San Francisco's Chinatown (American Crossroads)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: October 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780520226296
Subjects: Asian studies; Ethnic studies; Health systems & services; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Public health & preventive medicine; Social Science; History; Epidemics; Medical / Nursing; San Francisco; Medical; California; Epidemiology; History / General; Emigration & Immigration; Chinese Americans; Health and hygiene; Public Health
First sentence: A sudden and severe epidemic of smallpox struck San Francisco in the summer of 1876.