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Originating in Cuba in 1897, yellow fever shuttered businesses, paralyzed trade, and caused tens of thousand of people living in the southern United States to abandon their homes and flee for their lives. This title uncovers how the devastating power of this virus profoundly shaped the relationship between the two countries.

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"This elegant study not only reshapes our understandings of U.S.-Cuban relations but also forces us to rethink the broader history of U.S. public health interventions all over the world. It is a model for doing transnational history." - Paul Sutter, University of Colorado"

Epidemic Invasions Yellow Fever and the Limits

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    A Paperback by Mariola Espinosa

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      Publisher University of Chicago Press
      Published 11 January 2009
      ISBN-13 9780226218120
      978-0226218120
      ISBN-10 0226218120
      Also in:
      Epidemiology and Medical statistics History of medicine

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Originating in Cuba in 1897, yellow fever shuttered businesses, paralyzed trade, and caused tens of thousand of people living in the southern United States to abandon their homes and flee for their lives. This title uncovers how the devastating power of this virus profoundly shaped the relationship between the two countries.

      Trade Review
      "This elegant study not only reshapes our understandings of U.S.-Cuban relations but also forces us to rethink the broader history of U.S. public health interventions all over the world. It is a model for doing transnational history." - Paul Sutter, University of Colorado"

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