AnanalysisofthelessonslearnedfromtuberculosiscontrolinShanghai.TuberculosisControlandInstitutionalChangeinShanghai,1911-2011isthefirstbookonthemostwidespreadanddeadlyinfectiousdiseaseinChina,bothhistoricallyandtoday.WeavingtogetherinterviewswithdatafromperiodicalsandlocalarchivesinShanghai,RachelCoreexaminestheriseandfalloftuberculosiscontrolinChinafromthe1950stothe1990s.Underthesocialistworkunitsystem,thevastmajorityofpeoplehadguaranteedemployment,ahostofbenefitstiedtotheirworkplace,andtherewaslittlemobility--factorsthatmadethedeliveryofmedicalandpublichealthservicespossibleinbothurbanandruralareas.Thedismantlingofworkunitsamidwidermarketreformsinthe1980sand1990sledtotheriseoftemporaryandcasualemploymentandahugemigrantworkerpopulation,withlittleaccesstohealthcare,creatingnewchallengesinTBcontrol.ThisstudyofShanghaiwillprovidevaluablelessonsforhistorians,socialscientists,publichealthspecialists,andmanyothersworkingonpublichealthinfrastructureonboththenationalandgloballevels.
