Epidemics, Empire, and Environments: Cholera in Madras and Quebec City, 1818-1910
(Part of the History of the Urban Environment Series)
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Throughout the nineteenth century, cholera was a global scourge against human populations. Practitioners had little success in mitigating the symptoms of the disease, and its causes were bitterly disputed. What experts did agree on was that the environment played a crucial role in the sites where outbreaks occurred. In this book, Michael Zeheter offers a probing case study of the environmental changes made to fight cholera in two markedly different...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0822944464
ISBN13:9780822944461
Release Date:December 2015
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:328 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"
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