Cholera

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Books
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19.99
book_author_name: 
Amanda J. Thomas
book_type: 
Hardback
publisher: 
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
published_date: 
01/12/2015
isbn: 
9781783463503
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Books > History > Historical events & topics > Social & cultural history
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Amanda J. Thomas|Hardback|Pen & Sword Books Ltd|01/12/2015
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9781783463503
Book Description: 
Discover the story of the disease that devastated the Victorian population, and brought about major changes in sanitation. Drawing on the latest scientific research and a wealth of archival material, Amanda Thomas uses first-hand accounts, blending personal stories with an overview of the history of the disease and its devastating after-effects on British society. This fascinating history of a catastrophic disease uncovers forgotten stories from each of the major cholera outbreaks in 1831-3, 1848-9, 1853-4 and 1866. Amanda Thomas reveals that Victorian theories about the disease were often closer to the truth than we might assume, among them the belief that cholera was spread by miasma, or foul air.

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