Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Preface xi
5. Illustrations xv
6. part 1. Belle Époque and Bubonic Plague¹
7. part 2. Asian Beginnings
8. 1. An Unexampled Calamity 16
9. 2. City of the Plague 47
10. part 3. Plague at the Doors of Europe
11. 3. The Plague Has at Last Arrived 83
12. 4. They Have a Love of Clean Underlinen and of Fresh Air 107
13. part 4. South American Settings
14. 5. A Bubonic Plague Epidemic Does Not Exist in This Country Buenos Aires, 1900 133
15. 6. The Victory of Hygiene, Good Taste, and Art 156
16. part 5. Plague under the Stars and Stripes
17. 7. Plague in Paradise 185
18. 8. Black Plague Creeps into America 213
19. part 6. Plague under the Union Jack
20. 9. The Inhabitants of Sydney No More Go Barefoot Than Do the Inhabitants of London 244
21. 10. It Is a Miracle We Are Not Visited by a Black Plague 270
22. part 7. Plague’s Lessons
23. Appendix 313
24. Notes 315
25. Index 331
26. About the Author 349