The ghost map : the story of London's most terrifying epidemic-- and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world
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- ISBN: 9780739483848 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1594489254
- ISBN: 9781594489259
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Physical Description:
299 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2006.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-290) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Preface -- Monday, August 28 : the night-soil men -- Saturday, September 2 : eyes sunk, lips dark blue -- Sunday, September 3 : the investigator -- Monday, September 4 : that is to say, Jo has not yet died -- Tuesday, September 5 : all smell is disease -- Wednesday, September 6 : building the case -- Friday, September 8 : the pump handle -- Conclusion : the ghost map -- Epilogue : Broad Street revisited -- Author's note -- Acknowledgments -- appendix. Notes on further reading -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Subject: | Public health -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century Cholera -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.
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Salt Spring Island Public Library | 614.514 JOH (Text) | 060194 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |