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A spine-chilling saga of virulent racism, human folly and the ultimate triumph of scientific progress.

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"David K. Randall has created a meticulously researched history that unfolds like a thriller. I raced through this book in two days (horribly, the span of time it took bubonic plague to fell a victim). The unlikely heroes—bacteriologists and public health officers with long, flowing beards—battle villains most vile: racism, rotten politics, disregard for science, and Yersinia pestis. Black Death at the Golden Gate is both a page-turner and a cautionary tale: Those villains still lurk." -- Mary Roach
"Randall’s account is pacy and gripping. And his examination of the conflicts, prejudices and priorities involved make for sober reading in a world where Ebola clinics are being torched and anti-vaccination movements threaten a resurgence in diseases such as measles." -- Nature

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      Publisher: WW Norton & Co
      Publication Date: 04/06/2019
      ISBN13: 9780393609455, 978-0393609455
      ISBN10: 0393609456
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      Epidemiology and Medical statistics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A spine-chilling saga of virulent racism, human folly and the ultimate triumph of scientific progress.

      Trade Review
      "David K. Randall has created a meticulously researched history that unfolds like a thriller. I raced through this book in two days (horribly, the span of time it took bubonic plague to fell a victim). The unlikely heroes—bacteriologists and public health officers with long, flowing beards—battle villains most vile: racism, rotten politics, disregard for science, and Yersinia pestis. Black Death at the Golden Gate is both a page-turner and a cautionary tale: Those villains still lurk." -- Mary Roach
      "Randall’s account is pacy and gripping. And his examination of the conflicts, prejudices and priorities involved make for sober reading in a world where Ebola clinics are being torched and anti-vaccination movements threaten a resurgence in diseases such as measles." -- Nature

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