Essay Question : “How does nationalism affect public health?”
Readings: (see attached!)
“Spit on, Yelled at, Attacked: Chinese-Americans Fear for Their Safety” by Sabrina Tavernise and Richard Oppel
“Anti-Asian Racism in the 1817 Cholera Pandemic” by Sagaree Jain
“‘Destroyer and Teacher’: Managing the Masses During the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic” by Nancy Tomes
“New Pathogen, Old Politics” by Alex De Waal
“Conclusion” in Plagues in World History by J Aberth
EPILOGUE 7pp. in Priscilla Wald. Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative. Duke University Press, 2008