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Cholera : The Victorian Plague by Amanda J. Thomas (2020, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPen & Sword Books The Limited

ISBN-101526781816

ISBN-139781526781819

eBay Product ID (ePID)2309458074

Product Key Features

Number of Pages248 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameCholera : the Victorian Plague

SubjectEurope / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Modern / 19th Century, Diseases

Publication Year2020

TypeTextbook

AuthorAmanda J. Thomas

Subject AreaHistory, Medical

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal614.514094109034

SynopsisA fresh approach to the history of Victorian Britain and the consequences of cholera for nineteenth century society. Discover the story of the disease that devastated the Victorian population, and brought about major changes in sanitation. Drawing on the latest scientific research and a wealth of archival material, Amanda Thomas uses firs-hand accounts, blending personal stories with an overview of the history of the disease and its devastating aftereffects on British society. This fascinating history of a catastrophic disease uncovers forgotten stories from each of the major cholera outbreaks in 1831-3, 1848-9, 1853-4 and 1866.Amanda Thomas reveals that Victorian theories about the disease were often closer to the truth than we might assume, among them the belief that cholera was spread by miasma, or foul air., Discover the story of the disease that devastated the Victorian population, and brought about major changes in sanitation.