Markel, Howard.

Quarantine! : East European Jewish immigrants and the New York City epidemics of 1892 / Howard Markel. - Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997. - xvi, 262 pages: illustrations , map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-252) and index.

0801861802 (alk. paper)

96043095


Quarantine--New York (State)--New York.
Jews, East European--Health and hygiene--New York (State)--New York.
Immigrants--Health and hygiene--New York (State)--New York.
Typhus fever--New York (State)--New York.
Cholera--New York (State)--New York.
Epidemics--New York (State)--New York.

RA 667 / .N7M37 1997