Chairman Mao’s Campaign to Deworm China
by
Miriam Gross
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
Farewell to the God of Plague reassesses the celebrated Maoist health care model through the lens of Mao’s famous campaign against snail fever. Using newly available archives, Miriam Gross documents how economic, political, and cultural realities led to grassroots resistance. Nonetheless, the campaign...