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

by Myron Echenberg

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Reveals the global effects of the bubonic plague, and what we can learn from this earlier pandemic

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 surfaced; Sydney, Honolulu and...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814722334

ISBN13:9780814722336

Release Date:April 2010

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:366 Pages

Weight:3.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Clinical Forensic Medicine History Humanities Medical Medical Books Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Special Topics World

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