Hot time in the old town : the great heat wave of 1896 and the making of Theodore Roosevelt /

One of the worst natural disasters in American history, the 1896 New York heat wave killed almost 1,500 people in ten oppressively hot days. The heat coincided with a pitched presidential contest between William McKinley and the upstart Democrat William Jennings Bryan, who arrived in New York City a...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kohn, Edward P. (Edward Parliament), 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Basic Books, ©2010.
Temas:
Roosevelt, Theodore, > 1858-1919.
Bryan, William Jennings, > 1860-1925.
Bryan, William Jennings, > 1860-1925
Roosevelt, Theodore, > 1858-1919
1800-1899
Heat waves (Meteorology) > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Heat waves (Meteorology) > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Mortality > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Vagues de chaleur > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Vagues de chaleur > Aspect social > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Mortalité > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Ecology
Heat waves (Meteorology)
Mortality
Social conditions
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1865-1898.
New York (N.Y.) > Environmental conditions.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.
New York (N.Y.) > Histoire > 1865-1898.
New York (State) > New York
Biographies
History
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