| The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco Contributor(s): Chase, Marilyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375757082 ISBN-13: 9780375757082 Publisher: Random House Trade OUR PRICE: $26.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: The veteran "Wall Street Journal science reporter Marilyn Chase's fascinating account of an outbreak of bubonic plague in late Victorian San Francisco is a real-life thriller that resonates in today's headlines. The Barbary Plague transports us to the Gold Rush boomtown in 1900, at the end of the city's Gilded Age. With a deep understanding of the effects on public health of politics, race, and geography, Chase shows how one city triumphed over perhaps the most frightening and deadly of all scourges. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Medical | Infectious Diseases |
| Dewey: 610.9 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" (0.71 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - San Francisco, California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The veteran Wall Street Journal science reporter Marilyn Chase's fascinating account of an outbreak of bubonic plague in late Victorian San Francisco is a real-life thriller that resonates in today's headlines. The Barbary Plague transports us to the Gold Rush boomtown in 1900, at the end of the city's Gilded Age. With a deep understanding of the effects on public health of politics, race, and geography, Chase shows how one city triumphed over perhaps the most frightening and deadly of all scourges. |