Kindai Nihon to kōshū eisei
Subtitle: toshi shakaishi no kokoromi
By: Kobayashi Takehiro cho.
Publisher: Yūzankaku Shuppan
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Tōkyō
Language: jpn
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Medical policy -- Japan -- History -- 19th century.; Public health -- Japan -- History -- 19th century.; Medical policy -- Japan -- History -- 20th century.; Public health -- Japan -- History -- 20th century.; Discrimination -- Japan -- History -- 19th century.; Discrimination -- Japan -- History -- 20th century.
Description: Cholera surfaced in Japan in 1822. This book subsequently follows the developmental process of cholera quarantine administration and explores the transformation of modern regional discrimination triggered by cholera quarantines, and unravels the mechanisms of social discrimination.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.