The ghost map : the story of London's most terrifying epidemic-- and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world /
Johnson, Steven.
The ghost map : the story of London's most terrifying epidemic-- and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world / Steven Johnson. - New York : Riverhead Books, c2007. - 299 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Monday, August 28, the night-soil men -- Saturday, September 2, eyes sunk, lips dark blue -- Sunday, September 3, the investigator -- Monday, September 4, that is to say, Jo has not yet died -- Tuesday, September 5, all smell is disease -- Wednesday, September 6, building the case -- Friday, September 8, the pump handle -- Conclusion: Ghost map -- Epilogue: Broad street revisited -- Appendix: Notes on further reading.
The Ghost Map takes place in the summer of 1854. A devastating cholera outbreak seizes London just as it is emerging as a modern city: more than 2 million people packed into a ten-mile circumference, a hub of travel and commerce, teeming with people from all over the world, continually pushing the limits of infrastructure that's outdated as soon as it's updated. Dr. John Snow-whose ideas about contagion had been dismissed by the scientific community-is spurred to intense action when the people in his neighborhood begin dying. [In this book, the author] chronicles Snow's day-by-day efforts, as he risks his own life to prove how the epidemic is being spread. When he creates the map that traces the pattern of outbreak back to its source, Dr. Snow didn't just solve the most pressing medical riddle of his time. He ultimately established a precedent for the way modern city-dwellers, city planners, physicians, and public officials think about the spread of disease and the development of the modern urban environment. [The book] is an endlessly compelling and utterly gripping account of that London summer of 1854, from the microbial level to the macrourban-theory level-including, most important, the human level. -http://www.booksinprint.com
1594482691 9781594482694
Cholera--History--England--London--19th century.
The ghost map : the story of London's most terrifying epidemic-- and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world / Steven Johnson. - New York : Riverhead Books, c2007. - 299 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Monday, August 28, the night-soil men -- Saturday, September 2, eyes sunk, lips dark blue -- Sunday, September 3, the investigator -- Monday, September 4, that is to say, Jo has not yet died -- Tuesday, September 5, all smell is disease -- Wednesday, September 6, building the case -- Friday, September 8, the pump handle -- Conclusion: Ghost map -- Epilogue: Broad street revisited -- Appendix: Notes on further reading.
The Ghost Map takes place in the summer of 1854. A devastating cholera outbreak seizes London just as it is emerging as a modern city: more than 2 million people packed into a ten-mile circumference, a hub of travel and commerce, teeming with people from all over the world, continually pushing the limits of infrastructure that's outdated as soon as it's updated. Dr. John Snow-whose ideas about contagion had been dismissed by the scientific community-is spurred to intense action when the people in his neighborhood begin dying. [In this book, the author] chronicles Snow's day-by-day efforts, as he risks his own life to prove how the epidemic is being spread. When he creates the map that traces the pattern of outbreak back to its source, Dr. Snow didn't just solve the most pressing medical riddle of his time. He ultimately established a precedent for the way modern city-dwellers, city planners, physicians, and public officials think about the spread of disease and the development of the modern urban environment. [The book] is an endlessly compelling and utterly gripping account of that London summer of 1854, from the microbial level to the macrourban-theory level-including, most important, the human level. -http://www.booksinprint.com
1594482691 9781594482694
Cholera--History--England--London--19th century.