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Plague Among the Magnolias : The 1878 Yellow Fever Epidemic in Mississippi /

Deanne Stephens Nuwer explores the social, political, racial, and economic consequences of the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in Mississippi. A mild winter, a long spring, and a torrid summer produced conditions favoring the Aedes aegypti and spread of fever. In late July New Orleans newspapers reported...

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Autor principal: Nuwer, Deanne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2009]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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