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Title: The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866 by Charles E. Rosenberg ISBN: 0-226-72677-0 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: September, 1987 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A Classic!
Comment: This book is truely a classic work of history. Although I also read it for a class (Medicine and Society in America), I recommend it to anyone with an interest in medicine, public health, religion, and general social history. In three parallel sections, the book relates the details of the 1832, 1849, and 1866 cholera epidemics. This structure results in some repetition but is needed to fully seen the connections/changes over time. It is extensively footnoted (I recommend you read these too - very interesting) and has a large bibliography... without seeming "overly academic." ENJOY.

Rating: 4
Summary: A great medical history study
Comment: Although it was read in conjunction with an urban history class, I found this book to be very engaging and moving. Rosenberg's writing flows easily through a very disturbing subject. He sets up very fluid parallels between the epidemic's appearance at all three major years: 1832, 1849, and 1866. Of special interest is the role of the NYC Metropolitan Board of Health in controlling and defeating the epidemic.. I hope I didn't ruin the ending for any interested readers: NYC is still a healthy city, despite outbreaks like the ones that Rosenberg identifies...

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