Black Death at the Golden Gate the race to save America from the bubonic plague
Traces the massive effort to contain an outbreak of bubonic plague in 1900 San Francisco, detailing how the process was complicated by virulent racism, pseudoscience, and political cover-ups.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Traces the massive effort to contain an outbreak of bubonic plague in 1900 San Francisco, detailing how the process was complicated by virulent racism, pseudoscience, and political cover-ups. |
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| Physical Description: | 273 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780393609455 0393609456 |
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