Death in Hamburg : society and politics in the cholera years / Richard J. Evans.

"Why were nearly 10,000 people killed in six weeks in Hamburg, while most of Europe was left almost unscathed? As Richard J. Evans explains, it was largely because the town was a "free city" within Germany that was governed by the "English" ideals of laissez-faire. The absen...

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Main Author: Evans, Richard J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Books, 2005.
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