{"product_id":"driven-by-fear-epidemics-and-isolation-in-san-franciscos-house-of-pestilence-hardback-9780252039843","title":"Driven by Fear; Epidemics and Isolation in San Francisco's House of Pestilence (Hardback) 9780252039843","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDriven by Fear\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEpidemics and Isolation in San Francisco's House of Pestilence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGuenter B Risse (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252039843\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 December 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e316 pages, 11 black and white photographs\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.626 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"This study of the pesthouse, an institution designed to cope with the fear of contagious disease, is a significant contribution to the history of American medicine and public health as well as the history of immigration and ethnicity.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of American Ethnic History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"With this timely book, Risse has made an important contribution to the critical reflection of ongoing reorganisations and the apparent strengthening of federal powers in matters of quarantine and epidemic preparedness in the USA.\"--\u003ci\u003eSocial History of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"An excellent account of the largely overlooked role of pesthouses in public health history… [\u003ci\u003eDriven by Fear\u003c\/i\u003e is] deeply researched, wonderfully written, and very timely.\"--\u003ci\u003eWestern Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFrom the late nineteenth century until the 1920s, authorities required San Francisco's Pesthouse to segregate the diseased from the rest of the city. Although the Pesthouse stood out of sight and largely out of mind, it existed at a vital nexus of civic life where issues of medicine, race, class, environment, morality, and citizenship entwined and played out. Guenter B. Risse places this forgotten institution within an emotional climate dominated by widespread public dread and disgust. In \u003ci\u003eDriven by Fear\u003c\/i\u003e, he analyzes the unique form of stigma generated by San Franciscans. Emotional states like xenophobia and racism played a part. Yet the phenomenon also included competing medical paradigms and unique economic needs that encouraged authorities to protect the city's reputation as a haven of health restoration. As Risse argues, public health history requires an understanding of irrational as well as rational motives. To that end he delves into the spectrum of emotions that drove extreme measures like segregation and isolation and fed psychological, ideological, and pragmatic urges to scapegoat and stereotype victims--particularly Chinese victims--of smallpox, leprosy, plague, and syphilis. \u003cp\u003eFilling a significant gap in contemporary scholarship, \u003ci\u003eDriven by Fear\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the past to offer critical lessons for our age of bioterror threats and emerging infectious diseases.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eTitle\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eContents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eForeword by Peter N. Stearns\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003ePreface\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e1. Domains of Contagion and Confinement\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e2. Framing \"Loathsome\" Diseases\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e3. Tides of Inertia and Neglect\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e4. Location: Not in My Backyard\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e5. Banished: Sojourns of the Damned\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e6. Belle of California's Molokai\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e7. Wary Minders: Custodians and Caregivers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e8. Hope for Cures: Nature or Science\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e9. Modern Isolation: Humanizing Castaways\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520663843096,"sku":"9780252039843","price":99.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/driven-by-fear-epidemics-and-isolation-in-san-franciscos-house-of-pestilence-hardback-9780252039843","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}