Death in Hamburg
Society and Politics in the Cholera Years 1830-1910
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Book Description
In 1892 the city of Hamburg was hit by one of the greatest urban disasters of the century: a cholera epidemic that within six weeks left ten thousand people dead and many more suffering the appalling symptoms of this terrible disease. Drawing on a mass of detailed source material, this book
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Book Details
- English Books
- Hardcover 676 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0198228643
- ISBN-13: 9780198228646
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
- Pub date: Dec 10, 1987
- Dimensions: 240 mm x 170 mm x 50 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9780198228646 | Hardcover | $115.00 | -- | The Book Depository |
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