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Guarding the Golden Gate : A History of the U.S. Quarantine Station in San Francisco Bay
Title
Guarding the Golden Gate : A History of the U.S. Quarantine Station in San Francisco Bay / J. Gordon Frierson.
ISBN
9781647790479
9781647790462
Publication
Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2022]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2022
Copyright Notice Date
©[2022]
Physical Description
1 online resource.
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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Description based on print version record.
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Summary
"Amidst the evolving scientific knowledge of epidemic diseases during the mid-to-late 19th century, Guarding the Golden Gate narrates the development of the Quarantine Station on Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay and illuminates the everyday activities of the station's personnel as they met both political and public health challenges"-- Provided by publisher.
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Project MUSE complete collection 2022.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 19, 2023
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
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