Plagues in the nation : how epidemics shaped America / Polly J. Price.
2022
RA650.5 .P75 2022
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Title
Plagues in the nation : how epidemics shaped America / Polly J. Price.
Author
Price, Polly J., author.
ISBN
9780807043509
0807043508
9780807043493
0807043494
0807043508
9780807043493
0807043494
Published
Boston : Beacon Press, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 255 pages:) : illustrations.
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RA650.5 .P75 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification
614.4
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-236) and index.
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Access limited to authorized users
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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Table of Contents
1. America's first plagues
2. Yellow fever and the shotgun quarantine
3. Black Death on the West Coast
4. The 1918 Great Influenza
5. Confronting tuberculosis
6. The fight against polio
7. The AIDS epidemic
8. Ebola in Dallas
9. A coronavirus pandemic
Epilogue: Law for the next pandemic.
2. Yellow fever and the shotgun quarantine
3. Black Death on the West Coast
4. The 1918 Great Influenza
5. Confronting tuberculosis
6. The fight against polio
7. The AIDS epidemic
8. Ebola in Dallas
9. A coronavirus pandemic
Epilogue: Law for the next pandemic.