{"product_id":"plague-ports-the-global-urban-impact-of-bubonic-plague-1894-1901-paperback","title":"Plague Ports: The Global Urban Impact of Bubonic Plague, 1894-1901 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMyron Echenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReveals the global effects of the bubonic plague, and what we can learn from this earlier pandemic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA century ago, the third bubonic plague swept the globe, taking more than 15 million lives. \u003ci\u003ePlague Ports\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMyron 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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 outbreak of COVID-19, and ongoing fears of bioterrorism, \u003ci\u003ePlague Ports\u003c\/i\u003e offers a necessary and timely historical lesson.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMyron Echenberg\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at McGill University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Death, White Medicine: Bubonic Plague and the Politics of Public Health in Colonial Senegal, 1914-1945\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eColonial Conscripts: The Tirailleurs Sénégalais in French West Africa, 1857-1960\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 366\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 8.97 x 6.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450324861106,"sku":"9780814722336","price":66.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/9072a7c7de99933f3ca072ddacaa1fcf.webp?v=1778783905","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/plague-ports-the-global-urban-impact-of-bubonic-plague-1894-1901-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}