The disease of commerce : yellow fever in the Atlantic world, 1793-1805
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- In 1793 an outbreak in Saint Domingue (modern Haiti) grew into a global crisis. The violent illness swept through the West Indies, the United States, and southern Europe traveling as far as Livorno, Italy. The scourge was a viral, hemorrhagic fever known as yellow fever. This outbreak was not the first attack of yellow fever, but it was the largest up to that date. The pandemic lasted twelve years (1793-1805) and killed tens of thousands of people situated on the Atlantic rim. This dissertation is the first study of the crisis from a global perspective. While taking a broad view, it centers on the United States and explores the impact of yellow fever on American trade, politics, and diplomacy.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2017 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Mansfield, Julia P. R |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of History. |
| Primary advisor | White, Richard, 1947- |
| Thesis advisor | White, Richard, 1947- |
| Thesis advisor | Gould, Eliga H |
| Thesis advisor | Winterer, Caroline, 1966- |
| Advisor | Gould, Eliga H |
| Advisor | Winterer, Caroline, 1966- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Julia P. R. Mansfield. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of History. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2017. |
| Location | electronic resource |
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- Copyright
- © 2017 by Julia Porter Robinson Mansfield
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