Plagues in the Nation
How Epidemics Shaped America
Boston : Beacon Press, [2022]
Format: Book
Description: xv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
In examining epidemics throughout the history of the US, Price examines how law and government affected their outcomes-- and how those outbreaks in turn shaped our government. She draws important conclusions about the gaps in our governmental and legal response that have been faced by officials for generations-- and how we can better address the panic, conflict and chaos next time.
Contents:
1. America's first plagues -- 2. Yellow fever and the shotgun quarantine -- 3. Black Death on the West Coast -- 4. The 1918 Great Influenza -- 5. Confronting tuberculosis -- 6. The fight against polio -- 7. The AIDS epidemic -- 8. Ebola in Dallas -- 9. A coronavirus pandemic -- Epilogue: Law for the next pandemic.
Subjects:
Epidemics -- United States -- History.
Plague -- United States -- History.
COVID-19 (Disease) -- United States.
Peste -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
COVID-19 -- États-Unis.
Epidemics -- United States -- History.
Plague -- United States -- History.
COVID-19 (Disease) -- United States.
Epidemics -- United States -- History.
Plague -- United States -- History.
COVID-19 (Disease) -- United States.
Peste -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
COVID-19 -- États-Unis.
Epidemics -- United States -- History.
Plague -- United States -- History.
COVID-19 (Disease) -- United States.
ISBN:
9780807043493
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HEALTH Outbreak Pri | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.