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Ruth Rogaski, "Knowing Manchuria: Environments, the Senses, and Natural Knowledge on an Asian Borderland" (U Chicago Press, 2022)

New Books in East Asian Studies

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Ruth Raghaska, Author of the Hygienic Modernity

Ruth Raghaska is the author of a new book about China's history and culture. She says she was fascinated by how scientists from around the world wound up in Northeast China. Her research led her to find evidence that U.S. germ warfare had been used there, but it wasn't well-publicized.

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