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Cover of The Ghost Map: A Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks.

The Ghost Map: A Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks.

✍ Scribed by Johnson, Steven

Book ID
108594902
Publisher
Riverhead Trade
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
647 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780141915777

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✦ Synopsis

A National Bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book, and an Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year

It's the summer of 1854, and London is just emerging as one of the first modern cities in the world. But lacking the infrastructure-garbage removal, clean water, sewers-necessary to support its rapidly expanding population, the city has become the perfect breeding ground for a terrifying disease no one knows how to cure. As the cholera outbreak takes hold, a physician and a local curate are spurred to action-and ultimately solve the most pressing medical riddle of their time.

In a triumph of multidisciplinary thinking, Johnson illuminates the intertwined histories of the spread of disease, the rise of cities, and the nature of scientific inquiry, offering both a riveting history and a powerful explanation of how it has shaped the world we live in.

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