Driven by Fear Epidemics and Isolation in San Francisco's House of Pestilence |
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| Author:
| Risse, Guenter B. |
| Series title: | History of Emotions Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-08138-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2016 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $64.99 |
Book Description:
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From the late nineteenth century until the 1920s, authorities required San Francisco's Pesthouse to segregate the diseased from the rest of the city. Although the Pesthouse stood out of sight and largely out of mind, it existed at a vital nexus of civic life where issues of medicine, race, class, environment, morality, and citizenship entwined and ......
From the late nineteenth century until the 1920s, authorities required San Francisco's Pesthouse to segregate the diseased from the rest of the city. Although the Pesthouse stood out of sight and largely out of mind, it existed at a vital nexus of civic life where issues of medicine, race, class, environment, morality, and citizenship entwined and ......