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Seasons of pestilence: Tampa and Yellow fever, 1824-1905.
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| Title: | Seasons of pestilence: Tampa and Yellow fever, 1824-1905. |
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| Name(s): |
Barker, Eirlys Mair. PALMM (Project) |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Bibliography | |
| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Date Issued: | 1984 | |
| Physical Form: | electronic resource | |
| Extent: | vi, 122 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. | |
| Language(s): | eng | |
| Abstract/Description: | This thesis traces the history of yellow fever in the Tampa Bay area of Florida, examines the response of community leaders, doctors, and ordinary citizens, and examines the impact of the disease on the growth of the city. | |
| Table of Contents: | Acknowledgements -- List of figures -- Abstract -- Introduction -- ch. 1. The fort and the river, 1824-1860 -- ch. 2. Tampa's nadir, 1861-1886 -- ch. 3. Tampa's great epidemic, 1887-1888 -- ch. 4. An anxious decade, 1889-1899 -- ch. 5. "The end of it all", 1900-1905 -- List of references -- Appendix. | |
| Target Audience: | College students to adults. | |
| Identifier: | AAA1063QF00005/05/200003/06/200818218BfamIa D0QF (FCLAZ), FHP C SF 2000-05-05 (DNX), FIPS12057 (snx), SF00000058 (IID), 2466430 (digitool), usf:69851 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Eirlys Mair Barker. Thesis (M.A.)--University of South Florida, 1984. Bibliography: leaves 110-121. Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2000. (Florida heritage collection) Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced by the University of South Florida from a thesis in the Main Library at the University of South Florida, Tampa. |
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| Subject(s): |
Yellow fever -- Florida -- Tampa Tampa (Fla.) -- History Hillsborough -- 12057 Public health History Territorial Florida, 1821-1845 Ante-Bellum Florida, 1845-1861 Civil War in Florida, 1861-1865 Economics and Society: Post-Civil War Florida, 1865-1913 Urban development |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/SF00000058.pdf | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dl/SF00000058.jpg | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | USF | |
| Other Format: |
(OCoLC)11248307 |
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| Is Part of Series: | Florida heritage collection. |
