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Plague and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulu's Chinatown

Book by James C. Mohr; Oxford University Press, 2005

Subjects:

Chinatown (Honolulu, Hawaii)--History--19th Century, Fires--Hawaii--Honolulu--History--19th Century, Plague--Hawaii--Honolulu--History--19th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...recurring waves of the so-called black death-a nickname it acquired because...Chinese physicians, who knew the black plague as the great eternal sorrow illness...this was exactly the same bubonic plague that had ravaged the globe in previous...
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Yellow Fever, Black Goddess: The Coevolution of People and Plagues

Book by Christopher Wills; Addison Wesley, 1996

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Epidemics--History, Yellow Fever

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India cont . plague 1907 , 67 plague 1994 , 12 -14, 66 , 68 , 90 -101...Jesudason, Mary, 106 Jews and thhe Black Death, 62 -3 Johanson, Donald...55 -8, 66 , 252 , 270 , see also Black Death, bubonic plague Kaffa, siege...
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Images of Plague and Pestilence: Iconography and Iconology

Book by Christine M. Boeckl; Truman State University Press, 2000

Subjects:

Plague In Art, Plague In Literature

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bubonic plague. See also Black Death; Plague and AIDS, 150, 152 Black Death, 9-10 0 causes of, 14, 156 diagnosis, 8...2, 107, 157 epidemics Athenean plague, 35, 173n3 Black Death, 1, 7, 9-10, 13, 45, 90, 152 Borromean...
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The Plague Pamphlets of Thomas Dekker

Book by F. P. Wilson, Thomas Dekker; Clarendon Press, 1925

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Plague--England--London

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...it were at the end of this mortall siege of the Plague of the seuerall most worthie accidents, and strange...that cZmon Inne of sickmen, his bed, seeing the black blew stripes of the plague sticking on his flesh, which he receiued as tokens...
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A Journal of the Plague Year: Being Observations or Memorials of the Most Remarkable Occurrences, as Well Publick as Private, Which Happened in London during the Last Great Visitation in 1665

Book by Daniel Defoe, Louis Landa; Oxford University Press, 1998

Subjects:

Fiction, London (England)--History--17th Century--Fiction, Plague--Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Rooms with it ( An Essay on the Plague, 1721, p. 41). Defoes tradesman...Brief Treatise ... of the Plague (1665), to demonstrate the...in the Coffin, they saw many black spots ... in him, certain...they are dead there appeareth black spots ( Several Choice Histories...

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Myron Echenberg, Black Death, White Medicine: Bubonic Plague and the Politics of Public Health in Colonial Senegal, 1914-1945

Journal article by James L.A. Webb Jr.; Africa, Vol. 73, 2003

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Black Death, White Medicine: bubonic plague and the politics of public health in colonial Senegal, 1914-1945 (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

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Myron Echenberg, Black Death, White Medicine: Bubonic Plague and the Politics of Public Health...Webb Jr. MYRON ECHENBERG, Black Death, White Medicine: bubonic...century, a third great pandemic of black plague swept the globe, leaving...
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James C. Mohr. Plague and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulu's Chinatown

Journal article by Ka-Che Yip; China Review International, Vol. 12, 2005

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Books--Book reviews, Plague and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulu's Chinatown (Book)

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James C. Mohr. Plague and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulus Chinatown. by Ka-che Yip James C. Mohr. Plague and Fire: Battling Black Death and the 1900 Burning of Honolulus Chinatown...
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Woman, Nature, and the White Plague: Rebecca Harding Davis's "The Yares of the Black Mountains: A True Story"

Journal article by Michele L. Mock; Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Vol. 19, 2002

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Tuberculosis--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Women authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...nature, and the white plague: Rebecca Harding Daviss "The Yares of the Black Mountains: A True Story...of the most horrific plagues known to the world...otherwise called the "White Plague." This narrative of...In "The Yares of the Black Mountains," a work...And still, the White Plague raged on. NOTES I thank...
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Woman, Nature, and the White Plague: Rebecca Harding Davis's "The Yares of the Black Mountains; a True Story"

Journal article by Michele L. Mock; Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Vol. 19, 2003

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Davis, Rebecca Harding--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...nature, and the white plague: Rebecca Harding Daviss "The Yares of the Black Mountains; a true story...of the most horrific plagues known to the world...otherwise called the "White Plague." This narrative of...In "The Yares of the Black Mountains," a work...And still, the White Plague raged on. NOTES I thank...
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"Read Your Fall": The Signs of Plague in the Last Man

Journal article by Young-Ok An; Studies in Romanticism, Vol. 44, 2005

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Novels--Criticism and interpretation, Plague--Analysis, Shelley, Mary--Criticism and interpretation, The Last Man (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation

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...even evil (as in the "Black Death" of the 1347 epidemic...memory of the 1665 London Plague still resonating...Decameron based on the plague that ravaged Florence...The Decameron, "the Black Death" comes out of...Robert Gottfried, the plagues victims manifested telltale...symptoms that gave the plague its name? Did not the...

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The Ebonic Plague

Magazine article by Earl G. Graves; Black Enterprise, Vol. 27, March 1997

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African American children--Education, Black English--Social aspects

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The Ebonic plague by Earl G. Graves This issue of BLACK ENTERPRISE is our second annual...Ebonics than we are toward getting black children the exposure to computers...incarnation of what some academics call "black English" -- a language, rooted...
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Police Conduct Plagues Black America

Magazine article; The New Crisis, Vol. 107, March 2000

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Blacks, Demonstrations & protests, Police brutality, Police corruption, Racism, United States

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Police Conduct Plagues Black America Police misconduct plagues all...reports that police officers grabbed three black teenagers as they sat listening to music...by New York City police of an unarmed black man. Although Mayor Giulianis response...
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Aids: the Black Plague

Magazine article by Ervin Dyer; The New Crisis, Vol. 110, January 2003

Subjects:

AIDS, Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, African Americans, Epidemics, HIV, Human immunodeficiency virus, Public health

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Aids: the Black Plague by Ervin Dyer According...in Atlanta, Blacks are 12 percent...cause of death for Black women aged 25 to...White men to a plague of inner-city Blacks, the poor and increasingly, Black women. Phill Wilson...
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A Black Plague: Despite a Slight Decline, African Americans Still Represent Almost Half the AIDS Cases in the U.S

Magazine article by Mashaun D. Simon; Black Enterprise, Vol. 37, December 2006

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AIDS patients--Statistics, African Americans--Health aspects, African Americans--Statistics

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A Black Plague: Despite a Slight Decline...whites. From 2001 to 2004, blacks accounted for more than half...the U.S.," she says. Blacks have accounted for more than...it, AIDS in America is a black disease, says Phill Wilson...
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Poor Strategies Continue to Plague Black Test-takers

Magazine article by Hilary Hurd; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 17, September 28, 2000

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Caperton, Gaston, Colleges & universities, Education, Higher education, Minority & ethnic groups, Tests, United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Poor Strategies Continue to Plague Black Test-takers by Hilary Hurd WASHINGTON...UPDATE: Poor Strategies Continue to Plague Black Test-Takers Officials from the...behind those of Whites and Asians: Blacks, American Indians and Mexican Americans...

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Rats 'Not to Blame' for Spread of Black Death; Plague Was Really Passed on by People, Says Historian

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 19, 2011

Subjects:

Historians, Plague, Sloane, Barney

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Not to Blame for Spread of Black Death; Plague Was Really Passed on by People...that questions whether the Black Death really was bubonic plague. GODS PUNISHMENT Medieval doctors believed the Black Death was a punishment from...
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The Black Plague and Its Descendants

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 13, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

The Black Plague and Its Descendants...inner Asia, many of the plagues threatening us today...the story of how this plague bacillus would transform...born after the first plague. Other plagues would follow, but they...
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Democrats' Death by Suicide; Obamacare Is a Historic Moment - like the Black Plague Was

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), March 22, 2010

Subjects:

Political parties

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Suicide; Obamacare Is a Historic Moment - like the Black Plague Was. Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES The government takeover...Democrats health care plan is historic, but so was the Black Plague. President Obama went to Capitol Hill on Saturday to...
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Rats 'Not to Blame' for Spread of Black Death; Plague Was Really Passed on by People, Says Historian

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 19, 2011

Subjects:

Sloane, Barney

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Blame for Spread of Black Death; Plague Was Really Passed...was certainly the Black Death but it is by...was in fact bubonic plague. Dr Sloane has also...had died from the plague in Dublin - around...doctors believed the Black Death was a punishment...
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Black Looks Plague Blair concerning Black Watch

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), October 22, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Black Looks Plague Blair concerning Black Watch. Byline: Jon Walker More than 60 British troops have been...up in grief or fury to protest when a soldier dies. When the Black Watch is sent to the US-controlled portion of Iraq to relieve...

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Plague

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

PLAGUE any contagious, malignant...bubonic plague and the black plague (or Black Death...J. Benedictow, The Black Death 1346 1353: The...2004); W. Orent, Plague (2004); J. Aberth, The Black Death: The Great Mortality...
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Black Death

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

BLACK DEATH see plague . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Faeroe Islands

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...became part of the kingdom of Norway and were Christianized. The population was nearly wiped out by an outbreak of black plague in the 14th cent. and was soon after replaced by Norwegian settlers. Along with Norway, the Faeroes passed under...
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William of Occam

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV, whom he supported in his struggle with Pope John. He is thought to have died in the black plague that swept Europe in the middle of the 14th cent. Occams teachings mark an important break with previous medieval philosophy...
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Renaissance

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...collection of classical myths, and the Decameron, a book of 100 stories told by Italian courtesans taking refuge from the Black Plague. Coluccio Salutati (1331 1406) was a Florentine political administrator who wrote treatises on humanism, taught...

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