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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"This book follows members of the Chinese Red Cross Medical Relief Corps through World War II as they became enemy aliens and pursued their work despite perils. These doctors had a keen sense of public health needs and contributed to the recognition and management of infectious diseases and nutritional disorders, all the while denouncing corruption, inhumanity and inequality."-- Provided by publisher |
| Contents |
Part 1. The physicians' fight against the global rise of fascism -- The call of Spain: 1936/1939 -- The international medical response of 1939 -- The call of China: 1936/1939 -- The journey to the Chinese Red Cross Headquarters -- Part 2. The International Medical Relief Corps in wartime China -- Political and cultural conditions at the Chinese Red Cross Medical Relief Corps Headquarters -- Medical conditions in wartime China -- Travel to and from China's battlefields: 1939/1940 -- The forced restriction of healthcare delivery : 1941/1942 -- Part 3. The International Medical Relief Corps and the Chinese Expeditionary Forces -- The International Medical Relief Corps and the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Burma and India -- The International Medical Relief Corps and the Chinese Expeditionary Force in China -- The International Medical Relief Corps' Epilogue: 1945/2012 -- What did the International Medical Relief Corps members accomplish? -- Appendix A: International Medical Relief Corps Timeline -- Appendix B: The International Medical Relief Corps' Memorial dedication: September 1, 2015, Tuyunguan, China -- Appendix C: Other International Volunteers of the Chinese Red Cross. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
International Medical Relief Corps -- History.
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Chinese Red Cross Society -- History.
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Chinese Red Cross Society. |
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History. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- China.
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Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- Medical care -- China.
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Physicians -- China -- Biography.
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Physicians. |
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China. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Internationalists -- China -- Biography.
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Internationalists. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. |
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Medical care. |
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World War (1939-1945) |
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Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) |
| Chronological Term |
1937-1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mamlok, Robert, 1954- International Medical Relief Corps in wartime China, 1937/1945. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018] 9781476675831 (DLC) 2018040516 (OCoLC)1032279950 |
| ISBN |
9781476634265 (electronic book) |
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1476634262 (electronic book) |
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9781476675831 |
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147667583X |
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