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The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866
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The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866
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Kindle Edition
by Charles E. Rosenberg
Sales Rank: 158686
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$9.35
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on 11-20-2011.
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Features
Paperback: 276 pages
Publisher: University of Chicago Press; 2nd edition July 15, 1987
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0226726770
ISBN-13: 978-0226726779
Product Dimensions:
8 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism
Raising my children in Central America when the sixth world cholera pandemic reached the shores of this continent heightened my awareness as to existence of this mysterious disease. My children would bring home their cholera awareness materials from school that emphasized hand washing and clean water. Later on, I researched an incident in 1852 when Ulysses S. Grant and the U.S. 4th Infantry were devastated by cholera when passing through Panama on their way to California. However, it wasn?t until I read Rosenberg?s book that I understood how horrible a death from cholera was and yet how easy it is nowadays to treat. Rosenbery brings out so many interesting aspects of the impact of cholera on public health and the fact that the disease has only been known in the Western world for a little over 200 years. Most people think cholera is biblical. The book is an easy read for a layman and too bad it appears to be mostly used as a text book in college.
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The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866
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Price: $9.35
Updated on 11-20-2011.
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