Black Death at the Golden Gate : the race to save America from the bubonic plague
by Randall, David K. (Author)
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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. Full description
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 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780393609455 0393609456 |
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