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The International Medical Relief Corps in Wartime China, 1937-1945
- Title
- The International Medical Relief Corps in Wartime China, 1937-1945 / Robert Mamlok, M.D.
- Author
- Mamlok, Robert, 1954-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-426 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- viii, 241 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- 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."--
- Subjects
- Internationalists
- Physicians
- Chinese Red Cross Society
- Internationalists > China > Biography
- Physicians > China > Biography
- Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
- China
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 > Medical care > China
- History
- Biography
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 > Medical care > China
- 1937-1945
- International Medical Relief Corps History
- Medical care
- Chinese Red Cross Society History
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-233) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-426
- ISBN
- 9781476675831
- 147667583X
- LCCN
- 2018040516
- OCLC
- 1032279950
- Author
- Mamlok, Robert, 1954- author.
- Title
- The International Medical Relief Corps in Wartime China, 1937-1945 / Robert Mamlok, M.D.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-233) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1937-1945
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-426