The Great Manchurian Plague of 1910-1911 - William C Summers

The Great Manchurian Plague of 1910-1911: The Geopolitics of an Epidemic Disease by William C Summers is a fascinating case history, relating how this plague killed as many as 60,000 people in less than a year, and uses the analysis to examine the actions and interactions of the multinational doctors, politicians, and ordinary residents who responded to it. Summers covers the complex political and economic background of early twentieth-century Manchuria and then moves on to the plague itself, addressing the various contested stories of the plague's origins, development, and ecological ties.