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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Main Author: Nuwer, Deanne (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University Alabama Press, 2015.
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