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The Barbary plague : the Black Death in Victorian San Francisco / Marilyn Chase.
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- Author/Creator:
- Chase, Marilyn, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plague.
- History.
- San Francisco.
- Kinyoun, Joseph J. (Joseph James), 1860-1919.
- Kinyoun, Joseph J.
- Blue, Rupert Lee, 1868-1948.
- Blue, Rupert Lee.
- Plague--California--San Francisco--History--20th century.
- Disease Outbreaks--history.
- Plague--history.
- History, 20th Century.
- California--San Francisco.
- Medical Subjects:
- San Francisco.
- Disease Outbreaks--history.
- Plague--history.
- History, 20th Century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 276 pages) : map
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Random House, 2003.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The veteran "Wall Street Journal "science reporter Marilyn Chase's fascinating account of an outbreak of bubonic plague in late Victorian San Francisco is a real-life thriller that resonates in today's headlines. The Barbary Plague transports us to the Gold Rush boomtown in 1900, at the end of the city's Gilded Age. With a deep understanding of the effects on public health of politics, race, and geography, Chase shows how one city triumphed over perhaps the most frightening and deadly of all scourges.
- Contents:
- The Year of the Rat
- "A Lively Corpse"
- The Boy from Catfish Creek
- Hiding the Dead
- A New Quarantine
- The Wolf Doctor
- White Men's Funerals
- Seal of Silence
- New Blood
- The Bite of a Flea.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-262) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Chase, Marilyn, 1949- Barbary plague.
- ISBN:
- 9781588362858
- 158836285X
- Publisher Number:
- 99984025002
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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