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001 2006023114
003 DLC
005 20070418125600.0
008 060713s2006 nyuab b 001 0 eng
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020 $a1594489254
020 $a9781594489259
020 $z9781594489259
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm70483471
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050 00 $aRC133.G6$bJ64 2006
060 00 $a2006 N-639
060 10 $aWC 264$bJ69g 2006
082 00 $a614.5/14$222
100 1 $aJohnson, Steven,$d1968-
245 14 $aThe ghost map :$bthe story of London's most terrifying epidemic--and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world /$cSteven Johnson.
260 $aNew York :$bRiverhead Books,$c2006.
300 $a299 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [285]-290) and index.
520 $a"An account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London--and an exploration of how Dr. John Snow's solution revolutionized the way we think about disease in cities. In the summer of 1854, a devastating cholera outbreak seized London just as it was emerging as a modern city: more than 2 million people packed into a ten-mile circumference, a hub of travel and commerce, continually pushing the limits of infrastructure that's outdated as soon as it's updated. Author Johnson chronicles Snow's day-by-day efforts as he risked his own life to prove how the epidemic was being spread. When he created the map that traced the pattern of outbreak back to its source, Dr. Snow didn't just solve a pressing medical riddle--he established a precedent for the way modern city-dwellers, city planners, physicians, and public officials think about the spread of disease and the development of the modern urban environment.--From publisher description."--From source other than the Library of Congress
650 0 $aCholera$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory$y19th century.
650 12 $aCholera$xhistory$zLondon.
650 22 $aDisease Outbreaks$xhistory$zLondon.
650 22 $aHistory, 19th Century$zLondon.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0617/2006023114.html