Mad Dogs and Other New Yorkers Rabies, Medicine, and Society in an American Metropolis, 1840-1920 |
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| Author:
| Wang, Jessica |
| Series title: | Animals, History, Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4214-0971-9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2019 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $124.00 |
Book Description:
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Rabies enjoys a fearsome and lurid reputation. Throughout the decades of spiraling growth that defined New York City from the 1840s to the 1910s, the bone-chilling cry of ""Mad dog!"" possessed the power to upend the ordinary routines and rhythms of urban life. In Mad Dogs and Other New Yorkers, Jessica Wang examines the history of this ......
Rabies enjoys a fearsome and lurid reputation. Throughout the decades of spiraling growth that defined New York City from the 1840s to the 1910s, the bone-chilling cry of ""Mad dog!"" possessed the power to upend the ordinary routines and rhythms of urban life. In Mad Dogs and Other New Yorkers, Jessica Wang examines the history of this ......