Plague Ports : the Global Urban Impact of Bubonic Plague, 1894-1901.

Plague Ports : the Global Urban Impact of Bubonic Plague, 1894-1901.

A century ago, the third bubonic plague swept the globe, taking more than 15 million lives. Plague Ports tells the story of ten cities on five continents that were ravaged by the epidemic in its initial years: Hong Kong and Bombay, the Asian emporiums of the British Empire where the epidemic first s...

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Main Author: Echenberg, Myron J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Plague > History.
HISTORY > General.
Plague
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Preface; Illustrations; Part 1: Belle Époque and Bubonic Plague; Part 2: Asian Beginnings; 1 An Unexampled Calamity: Hong Kong, 1894; 2 City of the Plague: Bombay, 1896; Part 3: Plague at the Doors of Europe; 4 They Have a Love of Clean Underlinen and of Fresh Air: Porto, 1899; Part 4: South American Settings; 5 A Bubonic Plague Epidemic Does Not Exist in This Country: Buenos Aires, 1900; 6 The Victory of Hygiene, Good Taste, and Art:Rio de Janeiro, 1900; Part 5: Plague under the Stars and Stripes; 7 Plague in Paradise: Honolulu, 1899/1900.
  • 8 Black Plague Creeps into America:San Francisco, 1900/1901Part 6: Plague under the Union Jack; 9 The Inhabitants of Sydney No More Go Barefoot Than Do the Inhabitants of London: Sydney, 1900; 10 It Is a Miracle We Are Not Visited by a Black Plague: Cape Town, 1901; Part 7: Plague's Lessons; Appendix; Notes; Index; About the Author.

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