LEADER 04347nam 2200865 a 450 001 9910782712203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-2282-2 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814722824 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713701 035 $a(EBL)865376 035 $a(OCoLC)784884440 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000282873 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11195997 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282873 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10335929 035 $a(PQKB)10057847 035 $a(OCoLC)298788605 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10895 035 $a(DE-B1597)547300 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814722824 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865376 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10176214 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865376 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713701 100 $a20060711d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPlague ports$b[electronic resource] $ethe global urban impact of bubonic plague,1894-1901 /$fMyron Echenberg 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (367 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-2233-4 311 $a0-8147-2232-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPreface -- $tIllustrations -- $t1. An Unexampled Calamity -- $t2. City of the Plague -- $t3. The Plague Has at Last Arrived -- $t4. They Have a Love of Clean Underlinen and of Fresh Air -- $t5. A Bubonic Plague Epidemic Does Not Exist in This Country Buenos Aires, 1900 -- $t6. The Victory of Hygiene, Good Taste, and Art -- $t7. Plague in Paradise -- $t8. Black Plague Creeps into America -- $t9. The Inhabitants of Sydney No More Go Barefoot Than Do the Inhabitants of London -- $t10. It Is a Miracle We Are Not Visited by a Black Plague -- $tAppendix -- $tNotes -- $tIndex -- $tAbout the Author 330 $aA century ago, the third bubonic plague swept the globe, taking more than 15 million lives. Plague Ports tells the story of ten cities on five continents that were ravaged by the epidemic in its initial years: Hong Kong and Bombay, the Asian emporiums of the British Empire where the epidemic first surfaced; Sydney, Honolulu and San Francisco, three ?pearls? of the Pacific; Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro in South America; Alexandria and Cape Town in Africa; and Oporto in Europe.Myron Echenberg examines plague's impact in each of these cities, on the politicians, the medical and public health authorities, and especially on the citizenry, many of whom were recent migrants crammed into grim living spaces. He looks at how different cultures sought to cope with the challenge of deadly epidemic disease, and explains the political, racial, and medical ineptitudes and ignorance that allowed the plague to flourish. The forces of globalization and industrialization, Echenberg argues, had so increased the transmission of microorganisms that infectious disease pandemics were likely, if not inevitable.This fascinating, expansive history, enlivened by harrowing photographs and maps of each city, sheds light on urbanism and modernity at the turn of the century, as well as on glaring public health inequalities. With the recent outbreaks of SARS and avian flu, and ongoing fears of bioterrorism, Plague Ports offers a necessary and timely historical lesson. 606 $aPlague$xHistory 610 $aPlague. 610 $aPorts. 610 $aago. 610 $abubonic. 610 $acentury. 610 $acities. 610 $acontinents. 610 $aepidemic. 610 $afive. 610 $aglobe. 610 $ainitial. 610 $alives. 610 $amillion. 610 $amore. 610 $aravaged. 610 $astory. 610 $aswept. 610 $ataking. 610 $atells. 610 $athan. 610 $athat. 610 $athird. 610 $awere. 610 $ayears. 615 0$aPlague$xHistory. 676 $a614.5/732 700 $aEchenberg$b Myron J$01048031 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782712203321 996 $aPlague ports$93703312 997 $aUNINA