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100 1 $aEchenberg, Myron J.
245 10 $aPlague ports :$bthe global urban impact of bubonic plague,1894-1901 /$cMyron Echenberg.
260 $aNew York :$bNew York University Press,$cc2007.
300 $axvi, 349 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 315-329) and index.
505 00 $tAcknowledgments --$tPreface --$tIllustrations --$gpt. 1.$tBelle Époch and bubonic plague --$gpt. 2.$tAsian beginnings --$g1.$tAn unexampled calamity : Hong Kong, 1894 --$g2.$tCity of the plague : Bombay, 1896 --$gpt. 3.$tPlague at the doors of Europe --$g3.$tThe plague has at last arrived : Alexandria, 1899 --$g4.$tThey have a love of clean underlinen and of fresh air : Porto, 1899 --$gpt. 4.$tSouth American settings --$g5.$tA bubonic plague epidemic does not exist in this country : Buenos Aires, 1900 --$g6.$tThe victory of hygiene, good taste, and art : Rio de Janeiro, 1900 --$gpt. 5.$tPlague under the stars and stripes --$g7.$tPlague in paradise : Honolulu, 1899/1900 --$g8.$tBlack plague creeps into America : San Francisco, 1900/1901 --$gpt. 6.$tPlague under the Union Jack --$g9.$tThe inhabitants of Sydney no more go barefoot than do the inhabitants of London : Sydney, 1900 --$g10.$tIt is a miracle we are not visited by a black plague : Cape Town, 1901 --$gpt. 7.$tPlague's lessons --$tAppendix --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAbout the author.
520 $aA century ago, the third bubonic plague swept the globe, taking more than 15 million lives. The book tells the story of ten cities on five continents that were ravaged by the epidemic in it's initial years: Hong Kong and Bombay, the Asian emporiums of the British Empire where the epidemic first surfaced; Sydney, Honolulu and San Francisco, three 'pearls' of the Pacific; Buenos Aires and Rio de Janiero in South America; Alexandria and Cape town in Africa; and Porto in Europe. This book examines the plague's impact in each of these cities, on politicians, the medical and public health authorities, and especially on the citizenry, many of whom were recent migrants crammed into grim living spaces.
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