Quarantine!
Subtitle: East European Jewish Immigrants and the New York City Epidemics of 1892
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: April 26, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780801861802
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil rights & citizenship; Epidemiology & medical statistics; Immigration & emigration; Jewish studies; Social history; c 1800 to c 1900; Jews In The U.S.; Epidemiology; History; History - U.S.; History: American; New York; United States - 19th Century; Emigration & Immigration; United States - 19th Century/Turn of the Century; United States - State & Local - General; Medical / History; New York City; Jewish - General
First sentence: In February 1892, an epidemic of typhus fever erupted on New York City's Lower East Side.