Bubonic Panic: When Plague Invaded America
Gail Jarrow
Bubonic Panic recounts the arrival of bubonic plague in San Francisco in 1900, after a death in Chinatown prompted a health-department investigation. It places that outbreak within earlier plague history and medical research, including work on vaccines. The book follows efforts to contain the disease through quarantine, removal of infected belongings, rat eradication, and vaccination. It also addresses how racism and politics shaped public responses, then considers later plague cases in the American Southwest and its presence in Africa. A timeline, glossary, questions and answers, sources, and notes appear in the back matter.
This book appears on 3 reading lists across 1 edition from 3 organizations.
