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The saffron scourge : a history of yellow fever in Louisiana, 1796-1905 / Jo Ann Carrigan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carrigan, Jo Ann, 1933- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yellow fever--Louisiana--New Orleans--18th century.
- Yellow fever.
- Yellow fever--Louisiana--History--19th century.
- Yellow fever--Louisiana--History--20th century.
- History.
- Louisiana.
- Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Yellow Fever--history.
- Public Health--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Yellow Fever--history.
- Public Health--history.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xlviii, 494 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Updated edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Lafayette, LA. : University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, 2015.
- Notes:
- "This updated edition of Saffron Scourge contains a new introductory chapter that samples and discusses the relevant works on yellow fever that have appeared in the twenty years since the book's original publication." Back page.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-483) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781935754480
- 1935754483
- OCLC:
- 957235336
- Publisher Number:
- 99969496179
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