1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910875573903321

Titolo

Deseret news

Pubbl/distr/stampa

G.S.L. City, Deseret [i.e. Salt Lake City, Utah], : Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1850-1888

Edizione

[Weekly ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Salt Lake City (Utah) Newspapers

Fillmore (Utah) Newspapers

Millard County (Utah) Newspapers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Published at Fillmore City, Utah, May 5-Sept. 1, 1858.

Publishers: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1850-1858; E. Smith, 1859-1863; A. Carrington, 1863-1867; G.Q. Cannon, 1867-1873; D.O. Calder, 1873-1887.

Editors: W. Richards, 1850-1854; A. Carrington, 1854-1855; 1856-1859, 1863-1867; E. Smith, 1855-1856, 1859-1863; G.Q. Cannon, 1867-1873; D.O. Calder, 1873-1877; Charles W. Penrose, <1884>.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969126303321

Autore

Mohr James C

Titolo

Plague and fire : battling black death and the 1900 burning of Honolulu's Chinatown / / James C. Mohr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-19-028995-3

0-19-531182-5

0-19-803676-0

1-280-53283-1

9786610532834

1-60256-824-3

1-4175-8743-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Disciplina

614.5/732/0996931

Soggetti

Plague - Hawaii - Honolulu - History - 19th century

Fires - Hawaii - Honolulu - History - 19th century

Chinatown (Honolulu, Hawaii) History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 The World Plague Epidemic of the 1890's; 2 The "Existing Government" of Hawaii; 3 The Arrival of Pestis; 4 The Government's Plague Fighters; 5 Quarantine; 6 December's Debates and "a Sad Christmas Present"; 7 The Decision to Use Fire; 8 Public Health Policy and the "Great Doctors' Meeting"; 9 Fighting with Fire; 10 The Burning of Chinatown; 11 Detention Camps; 12 The Triumvirate Struggles On; 13 The Frustrations of Mopping Up; 14 Aftermath; Notes; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Against a backdrop of racial tensions, a worldwide pandemic, and the coming of territorial status from the United States, this book examines the outbreak of plague in Honolulu in 1899/1900.