Black Death at the Golden Gate - The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague (Hardcover)

The death of a Chinese immigrant, Wong Chut King, in San Francisco in 1900 would have been unremarkable if a swollen black lymph node-a sign of bubonic plague-hadn't been noticed on his groin. Empowered by racist pseudoscience, officials quarantined Chinatown. If the disease was not contained, San Francisco would become the American epicentre of an outbreak that had claimed ten million lives worldwide. To local press, railway barons and officials, such a possibility was inconceivable-or inconvenient. As they proceeded to obscure the threat, it fell to health official Rupert Blue to save the city and America from a gruesome fate. In the tradition of Erik Larson and Steven Johnson, best-selling author David K. Randall spins a spellbinding account of Blue's race to understand the disease and contain its spread.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2019
Authors:	David K. Randall
Dimensions:	244 x 163 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-60945-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Epidemiology & medical statistics Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-393-60945-6
Barcode:	9780393609455

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