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Outbreak in Washington, D.C. : the 1857 mystery of the National Hotel disease /
- Title
- Outbreak in Washington, D.C. : the 1857 mystery of the National Hotel disease / Kerry Walters.
- Author
- Walters, Kerry S.
- Publication
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2014.
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Details
- Description
- 126 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Discover the history of a mysterious disease that struck the National Hotel in 1857"--
- Alternative Title
- Outbreak in Washington, DC
- Subject
- 1800-1899
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
- Conspiracies > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century
- Conspiracies
- Curiosities and wonders > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century
- Curiosities and wonders
- Disease Outbreaks > history
- District of Columbia
- Epidemics > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century
- Epidemics
- History, 19th Century
- National Hotel (Washington, D.C.)
- National Hotel (Washington, D.C.) > History > 19th century
- Panic > History > 19th century
- Panic
- Politics
- Public Health > history
- Public Opinion > history
- Public health > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century
- Public health
- Sanitation > history
- Social conditions
- Washington (D.C.)
- Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century
- Washington (D.C.) > Social conditions > 19th century
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-121) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Panic in Washington -- I. An Acrimonious Year -- Slavery and Westward Expansion -- The Crisis Worsens -- The 1856 Campaign -- II. A City of Contrasts -- City of Magnificent Intentions -- City of Violence -- City of Filth -- The National Hotel -- III. A Stricken President-Elect -- "Why, I have been poisoned!" -- Return to the National Hotel -- Buchanan's Health -- Off His Game -- A Bad Start -- IV. A National Panic -- The Poison Hypothesis -- The Miasma Hypothesis -- The Final Verdict -- V. The Allure of Conspiracy -- The Paranoid Style -- The Slave Power Conspiracy -- The Abolitionist Conspiracy -- The Jesuit Conspiracy -- A Last Word -- Appendix: Period Coverage of the National Hotel Disease.
- ISBN
- 9781626196384
- 1626196389
- LCCN
- 2014033893
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library