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Hardcover book is in new, never been read condition.
Dust jacket is in like new condition. Minor shelf wear on edges of dust
jacket. Inside of book pages are crisp and clean, no stains. ISBN#
0375504966. 2003 edition. 288 pages long. Approx: 9.5 by 6.5 by 1.
Publisher: Random House. Additional pictures of condition are always
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Book Description:
In 1900, a ship called the Australia docked in San
Francisco, carrying infected rats that launched a plague epidemic in the
city, which raged sporadically for five years before it was subdued. Chase,
a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, argues in this engaging narrative
that social, cultural and psychological issues prevented public health
officials from curtailing the outbreak. Relying on published sources,
diaries and letters, Chase shows how the disease first hit Chinatown and
explains that most San Franciscans denied the outbreak, while others blamed
the city's Chinese population (city officials hid behind worries about
tourism and the city's reputation). But Chase goes beyond sociological
analysis in this lively work and focuses on the players. While the first
public health official assigned to stem the epidemic, Joseph Kinyoun, was an
innovative scientist, Chase shows how he lacked the strategy and tact
necessary for the task-his plan to quarantine Chinatown caused as many
problems as it solved. Only when Rupert Blue, a new official, was assigned
to the case after a second outbreak five years later, was the epidemic
quashed. Avoiding pedantry and tediousness, Chase tells a story that
highlights the true nature of epidemics-and how employing a combination of
acceptance, perseverance and diplomacy are key to solving them. As she notes
in her final pages, the parallels with the AIDS crisis are striking, and the
lessons worth salting away for any future epidemics.
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