Driven by fear
epidemics and isolation in San Francisco's house of pestilence
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Word Count
74,500 words, Guess
Page Count
298 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-10025203984X
- ISBN-100252081382
- ISBN-139780252039843
- ISBN-139780252081385
- Library of Congress Control Number2015955035
and 4 more
- OCLC Control Number907966256
- Better World Books9780252039843
- Better World Books9780252081385
- Open LibraryOL27204901M
Classifications
- LCCRA448.S26 R57 2016
- LCCRA975
- LCCRA448
Description
From the late nenteenth century until the 1920s, authorities required San Francisco's Pesthouse to segregate the diseased from the rest of the city. Guenter B. Risse places this forgotten institution within an emotional climate dominated by widespread dread and disgust. Driven by Fear analyzes the stigma generated by emotional states like xenophobia and racism when combined with competing medical paradigms and the economic needs the encouraged authorities to protect San Francisco's reputation as a haven of health restoration. Risse delves into the spectrum of emotions that drove extreme measures like segregation and isolation and fed urges to scapegoat and stereotype victims -- particularly Chinese victims - of smallpox, leprosy, plague, and syphilis.
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Series Statement
- History of emotions
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