The Resource The ghost map : the story of London's most terrifying epidemic-- and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world, Steven Johnson
The ghost map : the story of London's most terrifying epidemic-- and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world, Steven Johnson
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The item The ghost map : the story of London's most terrifying epidemic-- and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world, Steven Johnson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
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- Summary
- A chronicle of Victorian London's worst cholera outbreak traces the day-by-day efforts of Dr. John Snow, who put his own life on the line in his efforts to prove his previously dismissed contagion theory about how the epidemic was spreading
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 299 pages
- Isbn
- 9781594482694
- Label
- The ghost map : the story of London's most terrifying epidemic-- and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world
- Title
- The ghost map
- Title remainder
- the story of London's most terrifying epidemic-- and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world
- Statement of responsibility
- Steven Johnson
- Title variation
- ghost map
- Title variation remainder
- the story of Londons deadliest epidemic-- and how it changed the way we think about disease, cities, science, and the modern world
- Subject
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- trueCholera
- trueCholera -- London, England -- History
- trueCholera -- London, England -- History -- 19th century
- trueCommunicable diseases
- trueDiseases
- trueDiseases -- Causes
- trueEpidemics
- Epidemics -- History
- trueLondon, England -- History -- 19th century
- truePublic health
- Snow, John, 1813-1858
- Cholera -- England | London -- History -- 19th century
- trueCholera -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A chronicle of Victorian London's worst cholera outbreak traces the day-by-day efforts of Dr. John Snow, who put his own life on the line in his efforts to prove his previously dismissed contagion theory about how the epidemic was spreading
- Award
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- Library Journal Best Books, 2006.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2006
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 159161
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1968-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Johnson, Steven
- Dewey number
- 614.5/14
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RC133.G6
- LC item number
- J64 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Snow, John
- Cholera
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the story of London's deadliest epidemic-- and how it changed the way we think about disease, cities, science, and the modern world
- Label
- The ghost map : the story of London's most terrifying epidemic-- and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world, Steven Johnson
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 299 pages
- Isbn
- 9781594482694
- Lccn
- 2006023114
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- 70483471
- Label
- The ghost map : the story of London's most terrifying epidemic-- and how it changed science, cities, and the modern world, Steven Johnson
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 299 pages
- Isbn
- 9781594482694
- Lccn
- 2006023114
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- 70483471
Subject
- trueCholera
- trueCholera -- London, England -- History
- trueCholera -- London, England -- History -- 19th century
- trueCommunicable diseases
- trueDiseases
- trueDiseases -- Causes
- trueEpidemics
- Epidemics -- History
- trueLondon, England -- History -- 19th century
- truePublic health
- Snow, John, 1813-1858
- Cholera -- England | London -- History -- 19th century
- trueCholera -- History
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