Plague ports
Subtitle: the global urban impact of bubonic plague,1894-1901
By: Myron Echenberg.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9780814722329
Subjects: Plague -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments --; title: Preface --; title: Illustrations -- -- pt. 1.; title: Belle Époch and bubonic plague -- -- pt. 2.; title: Asian beginnings -- -- 1. An; title: unexampled calamity : Hong Kong, 1894 -- -- 2.; title: City of the plague : Bombay, 1896 -- -- pt. 3.; title: Plague at the doors of Europe -- -- 3. The; title: plague has at last arrived : Alexandria, 1899 -- -- 4.; title: They have a love of clean underlinen and of fresh air : Porto, 1899 -- -- pt. 4.; title: South American settings -- -- 5. A; title: bubonic plague epidemic does not exist in this country : Buenos Aires, 1900 -- -- 6. The; title: victory of hygiene, good taste, and art : Rio de Janeiro, 1900 -- -- pt. 5.; title: Plague under the stars and stripes -- -- 7.; title: Plague in paradise : Honolulu, 1899/1900 -- -- 8.; title: Black plague creeps into America : San Francisco, 1900/1901 -- -- pt. 6.; title: Plague under the Union Jack -- -- 9. The; title: inhabitants of Sydney no more go barefoot than do the inhabitants of London : Sydney, 1900 -- -- 10.; title: It is a miracle we are not visited by a black plague : Cape Town, 1901 -- -- pt. 7.; title: Plague's lessons --; title: Appendix --; title: Notes --; title: Index --; title: About the author.