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Naples in the Time of Cholera, 1884-1911

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ISBN-10: 0521893860

ISBN-13: 9780521893862

Edition: 2002

Authors: Frank M. Snowden

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This is the first extended study of cholera in modern Italy, setting Naples in a comparative international framework.
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Book details

List price: $60.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/18/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.584

Frank M. Snowden, Jr., was Professor of Classics, Emeritus, at Howard University.

Preface
Introduction
Sanitary Anxieties
A city at risk
The Public Epidemic of 1884
From Provence to the Bay of Naples
Death in Naples
Survival and recovery
Risanamento and Miasma
Rebuilding medicine and politics
The Secret Epidemic of 1910-1911
The return of cholera: 1910
Concealment and crisis: 1911
Conclusion: Neapolitan cholera and Italian politics
Bibliography