Plague and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulu's Chinatown

by James C. Mohr

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A little over a century ago, bubonic plague--the same Black Death that decimated medieval Europe--arrived on the shores of Hawaii just as the islands were about to become a U.S. territory. In this absorbing narrative, James Mohr tells the story of that fearful visitation and its fiery climax--a vast conflagration that engulfed Honolulu's Chinatown.
Mohr tells this gripping tale largely through the eyes of the people caught up in the disaster,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195311825

ISBN13:9780195311822

Release Date:August 2006

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 8.8"

Related Subjects

20th Century Administration & Medicine Economics History Internal Medicine Medical Medical Books Medicine Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Public Health State & Local

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