America's first plague : the deadly 1793 epidemic that crippled a young nation / Robert P. Watson.

Title:

ISBN:

9781538164884

Personal Author:

Watson, Robert P., 1962-

Publication Information:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2023]

Physical Description:

xxxi, 277 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

Contents:

Part I. America's First Crisis -- Plague! -- Revolution -- Yellow Jack -- Philadelphia -- The First to Die -- Part II. The Capital Under Seige -- "Hell Town" -- Fear and Panic -- Philadelphia Responds -- Bush Hill -- The Physicians War -- Part III. Turning Point -- Unlikely Heroes -- A Nation without a Government -- Ghost Town -- The Fall Frost -- Of Pestilence and Politics -- Epilogue: 100 Days of Terror.

Summary:

"In 1793, the interim capital city of Philadelphia was struck by a mysterious malady that ended up killing at least one-tenth of the population, prompting an evacuation, and shutting down the nascent federal government, resulting in shocking parallels to recent pandemics and offering important political lessons"-- Provided by publisher.

Corporate Subject:

Hankey (Ship : 1784)

Subject Term:

Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia -- History 18th century.

Epidemics--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia -- History 18th century

Epidemics--United States -- History 18th century

Yellow fever--Caribbean Area -- History 18th century

OCLC Number:

on1352248154

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