{"product_id":"mass-vaccination-mary-augusta-brazelton-9781501739989","title":"Mass Vaccination: Citizens' Bodies and State Power in Modern China","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMass Vaccination\u003c\/i\u003e comfortably establishes itself as the leading and indeed essential monograph on the history of vaccination in modern China; a much-needed contribution to the history of medicine that will undoubtedly become a textbook in our age of vaccine wars, but which by far surpasses the historiographical needs of the moment by delivering a nuanced and systematic history of mass vaccination in the world's most populous and increasingly powerful country.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e― \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Asian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the eradication of smallpox has long been documented, not many know the Chinese roots of this historic achievement. In this revelatory study, Mary Augusta Brazelton examines the PRC's public health campaigns of the 1950s to explain just how China managed to inoculate almost six hundred million people against this and other deadly diseases.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMass Vaccination\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e tells the story of the people, materials, and systems that built these campaigns, exposing how, by improving the nation's health, the Chinese Communist Party quickly asserted itself in the daily lives of all citizens. This crusade had deep roots in the Republic of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War, when researchers in China's southwest struggled to immunize as many people as possible, both in urban and rural areas. But its legacy was profound, providing a means for the state to develop new forms of control and of engagement. Brazelton considers the implications of vaccination policies for national governance, from rural health care to Cold War-era programs of medical diplomacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy embedding Chinese medical history within international currents, she highlights how and why China became an exemplar of primary health care at a crucial moment in global health policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Augusta Brazelton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501739980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501739989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Mary Augusta Brazelton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43979758174463,"sku":"9781501739989","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c2e1df7d-cc1d-43eb-8ce0-cb43afea9eea.jpg?v=1683246799","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mass-vaccination-mary-augusta-brazelton-9781501739989","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}