| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Belle Époque and bubonic plague -- pt. 2. Asian beginnings -- 1. An unexampled calamity : Hong Kong, 1894 -- 2. City of the plague : Bombay, 1896 -- pt. 3. Plague at the doors of Europe -- 3. The plague has at last arrived : Alexandria, 1899 -- 4. They have a love of clean underlinen and of fresh air : Porto, 1899 -- pt. 4. South American settings -- 5. A bubonic plague epidemic does not exist in this country : Buenos Aires, 1900 -- 6. The victory of hygiene, good taste, and art : Rio de Janeiro, 1900 -- pt. 5. Plague under the Stars and Stripes -- 7. Plague in paradise : Honolulu, 1899/1900 -- 8. Black plague creeps into America : San Francisco, 1900/1901 -- pt. 6. Plague under the Union Jack -- 9. The inhabitants of Sydney no more go barefoot than do the inhabitants of London : Sydney, 1900 -- 10. It is a miracle we are not visited by a black plague : Cape Town, 1901 -- pt. 7. Plague's lessons |
| Notes |
Originally published: 2007 |
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"First published in paperback in 2010"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-329) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Plague -- History
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Plague -- history
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MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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Plague
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0814722822 |
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9780814722824 |
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