كتاب
The ghost map: the story of London's most terrifying epidemic--and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world
| العنوان: | The ghost map: the story of London's most terrifying epidemic--and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world |
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| المؤلفون: | Johnson, Steven, 1968- |
| بيانات النشر: | New York : Riverhead Books, 2006. |
| سنة النشر: | 2006 |
| وصف مادي: | 299 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | History, 19th Century., Disease Outbreaks -- history., Cholera -- history., Cholera -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century., History. |
| جغرافية الموضوع: | London. |
| الوصف: | "An account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London--and an exploration of how Dr. John Snow's solution revolutionized the way we think about disease in cities. In the summer of 1854, a devastating cholera outbreak seized London just as it was emerging as a modern city: more than 2 million people packed into a ten-mile circumference, a hub of travel and commerce, continually pushing the limits of infrastructure that's outdated as soon as it's updated. Author Johnson chronicles Snow's day-by-day efforts as he risked his own life to prove how the epidemic was being spread. When he created the map that traced the pattern of outbreak back to its source, Dr. Snow didn't just solve a pressing medical riddle--he established a precedent for the way modern city-dwellers, city planners, physicians, and public officials think about the spread of disease and the development of the modern urban environment.--From publisher description."--Source other than the Library of Congress. |
| Original Identifier: | ocm70483471 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-1-59448-925-9 978-1-101-15853-1 1-59448-925-4 1-101-15853-0 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-290) and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.010145028.1 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9781594489259 9781101158531 1594489254 1101158530 |
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