The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco

The Barbary Plague: The Black Death in Victorian San Francisco

The veteran Wall Street Journal science reporter Marilyn Chaseâ€™s fascinating account of an outbreak of bubonic plague in late Victorian San Francisco is a real-life thriller that resonates in todayâ€™s headlines. The Barbary Plague transports us to the Gold Rush boomtown in 1900, at the end of the cityâ€™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.
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber map
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2004-03-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375757082

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	map
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2004-03-09
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780375757082

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