Bibliograph

Driven by fear, epidemics and isolation in San Francisco's house of pestilence, Guenter B. Risse

Type

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Driven by fear, epidemics and isolation in San Francisco's house of pestilence, Guenter B. Risse

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Driven by fear

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

907966256

Responsibility statement

Guenter B. Risse

Series statement

History of emotions

Sub title

epidemics and isolation in San Francisco's house of pestilence

Table Of Contents

Foreword / by Peter N. Stearns -- Introduction -- Domains of contagion and confinement -- Framing "loathsome" diseases -- Tides of inertia and neglect -- Location : not in my backyard -- Banished : sojourns of the damned -- Belle of California's Molokai -- War minders : custodians and caregivers -- Hope for cures : nature or science -- Modern isolation : humanizing castaways -- Epilogue

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