Acknowledgments; Preface; Illustrations; Part 1: Belle Époque and Bubonic Plague; Part 2: Asian Beginnings; 1 An Unexampled Calamity: Hong Kong, 1894; 2 City of the Plague: Bombay, 1896; Part 3: Plague at the Doors of Europe; 4 They Have a Love of Clean Underlinen and of Fresh Air: Porto, 1899; Part 4: South American Settings; 5 A Bubonic Plague Epidemic Does Not Exist in This Country: Buenos Aires, 1900; 6 The Victory of Hygiene, Good Taste, and Art:Rio de Janeiro, 1900; Part 5: Plague under the Stars and Stripes; 7 Plague in Paradise: Honolulu, 1899/1900.
8 Black Plague Creeps into America:San Francisco, 1900/1901Part 6: Plague under the Union Jack; 9 The Inhabitants of Sydney No More Go Barefoot Than Do the Inhabitants of London: Sydney, 1900; 10 It Is a Miracle We Are Not Visited by a Black Plague: Cape Town, 1901; Part 7: Plague's Lessons; Appendix; Notes; Index; About the Author.
8 Black Plague Creeps into America:San Francisco, 1900/1901Part 6: Plague under the Union Jack; 9 The Inhabitants of Sydney No More Go Barefoot Than Do the Inhabitants of London: Sydney, 1900; 10 It Is a Miracle We Are Not Visited by a Black Plague: Cape Town, 1901; Part 7: Plague's Lessons; Appendix; Notes; Index; About the Author.