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Lazaretto : how Philadelphia used an unpopular quarantine based on disputed science to accommodate immigrants and prevent epidemics / David Barnes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnes, David S. (David Stepanek), 1962- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quarantine--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.
- Quarantine.
- Epidemics--Prevention--History.
- Epidemics.
- Immigrants--Health and hygiene--United States--History.
- Immigrants.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--19th century.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Quarantine--history.
- Epidemics--history.
- Epidemics--prevention & control.
- Emigrants and Immigrants--history.
- History, 18th Century.
- History, 19th Century.
- Philadelphia.
- Medical Subjects:
- Quarantine--history.
- Epidemics--history.
- Epidemics--prevention & control.
- Emigrants and Immigrants--history.
- History, 18th Century.
- History, 19th Century.
- Philadelphia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023.
- Contents:
- The Nation's Capital at Rock Bottom, 1793-1798
- Righteousness and Desperation in 1799
- A New Lazaretto, 1800-1801
- Exodus (Again) and Compromise, 1802-1803
- A Regime of Vigilance "to Banish from Among Us Even the Apprehension of Disease"
- "Expedient" Measures and Rioting Redemptioners, 1804
- A Mischievous Boy
- "This Inhuman Traffic"
- Fencing Off Neighborhoods
- "Detained On Account of Her Hides"
- "Brought to Our Shores by the Cupidity of Others"
- The Care Cure
- "Gross and Criminal Negligence" at the Lazaretto,1853
- The Darkest Hour
- Quarantine, a Political Minefield
- The Final Days, 1888-1895
- Afterlives.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 27, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9781421446455
- 1421446456
- Publisher Number:
- 99993703931
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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