Cholera in Post-Revolutionary Paris: A Cultural History Volume 25

by Catherine J. Kudlick

Book Overview

Cholera terrified and fascinated nineteenth-century Europeans more than any other modern disease. Its symptoms were gruesome, its sources were mysterious, and it tended to strike poor neighborhoods hardest. In this insightful cultural history, Catherine Kudlick explores the dynamics of class relations through an investigation of the responses to two cholera epidemics in Paris. While Paris climbed toward the height of its urban and industrial growth,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520202732
• ISBN13: 9780520202733
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"