
Death in Hamburg: Society and Politics in the Cholera Years, 1830–1910
Death in Hamburg: Society and Politics in the Cholera Years, 1830–1910
For this reissue, the author has written an extensive new Afterword, explaining the background to the research, bringing it up to date, and replying to critics.
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- Penguin Books
- Year
- 2005
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Cholera epidemicsGerman social historyPublic health and politics
Awards
- Wolfson History PrizeWon(1989)
Other awarded books from Richard J. Evans
- The Coming of the Third Reich: Volume 1 of The Third Reich Series
- The Third Reich in Power: Volume 2 of The Third Reich Series
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