Epidemics, Empire, and Environments: Cholera in Madras and Quebec City, 1818-1910

by Michael Zeheter

Throughout the nineteenth century, cholera was a global scourge against human populations. Practitioners had little success in mitigating the symptoms of the disease, and its causes were bitterly disputed. What experts did agree on was that the environment played a crucial role in the sites where outbreaks occurred. In this book, Michael Zeheter offers a probing case study of the environmental changes made to fight cholera in two markedly different...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822944464
• ISBN13: 9780822944461
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"