On March 6, 1900, the bubonic plague took its first victim on American soil: Chinese immigrant Wong Chut King. Empowered by racist pseudoscience, officials rushed to quarantine Chinatown-but when corrupt politicians mounted a cover-up to obscure the threat, it fell to federal health officer Rupert Blue to save San Francisco, and the nation, from a gruesome fate. Black Death at the Golden Gate is a spine-chilling saga of virulent racism, human folly, and the ultimate triumph of scientific progress.
Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague
ISBN: 9780393358155
18.54€
ISBN:
9780393358155
Κατηγορίες: Life style, Medicine
Περιγραφή
Επιπλέον πληροφορίες
Διαστάσεις | 2 × 14 × 21.1 cm |
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Εξώφυλλο |
Paperback / softback |
Έτος έκδοσης |
2020 |
Βάρος | 236 g |