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Author

Price, Polly J., author.

Title Plagues in the nation : how epidemics shaped America / Polly J. Price.

Publication Info.

Boston : Beacon Press, [2022]

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction	614.4 Pri	---	Available

Description	xv, 255 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Summary	"Sheds light on the US government's response to epidemics through history-with larger conclusions about COVID-19 and reforms needed before the next plague"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-236) and index.
Subject	Epidemics -- United States -- History.
	Plague -- United States -- History.
	COVID-19 (Disease) -- United States.
ISBN	9780807043493 : $28.95
	0807043494 : $28.95