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100 1  Mohr, James C. 
245 10 Plague and fire :|bbattling black death and the 1900 
       burning of Honolulu's Chinatown /|cJames C. Mohr. 
264  1 New York :|bOxford University Press,|c2005. 
300    xi, 235 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  The world plague epidemic of the 1890s -- The "existing 
       government" of Hawaii -- The arrival of Pestis -- The 
       government's plague fighters -- Quarantine -- December's 
       debates and "a sad Christmas present" -- The decision to 
       use fire -- Public health policy and the "great doctor's 
       meeting" -- Fighting with fire -- The burning of Chinatown
       -- Detention camps -- The triumvirate struggles on -- The 
       frustrations of mopping up -- Aftermath. 
520    A little over a century ago, bubonic plague--the same 
       Black Death that decimated medieval Europe--arrived on the
       shores of Hawaii just as the islands were about to become 
       a U.S. territory. In this narrative, the author tells the 
       story of that fearful visitation and its fiery climax--a 
       vast conflagration that engulfed Honolulu's Chinatown. He 
       tells this gripping tale largely through the eyes of the 
       people caught up in the disaster, from members of the 
       white elite to Chinese doctors, Japanese businessmen, and 
       Hawaiian reporters. At the heart of the narrative are 
       three American physicians--the Honolulu Board of Health--
       who became virtual dictators when the government granted 
       them absolute control over the armed forces and the 
       treasury. The doctors soon quarantined Chinatown, where 
       the plague was killing one or two people a day and clearly
       spreading. They resisted intense pressure from the white 
       community to burn down all of Chinatown at once and 
       instead ordered a careful, contro. 
586    Oregon Book Award for General Nonfiction, 2005. 
648  7 1800-1899|2fast 
650  0 Plague|zHawaii|zHonolulu|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  0 Fires|zHawaii|zHonolulu|xHistory|y19th century. 
650  7 Fires.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00925697 
650  7 Plague.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01065045 
650 12 Plague|xhistory. 
650 12 Plague|xprevention & control. 
651  0 Chinatown (Honolulu, Hawaii)|xHistory|y19th century. 
651  2 Hawaii. 
651  2 China|xethnology. 
650 22 Public Health|xhistory. 
650 22 Fires|xhistory. 
650 22 Health Policy|xhistory. 
650 22 Politics. 
650 22 Race Relations|xhistory. 
650 22 Minority Groups|xhistory. 
650 22 History, 19th Century. 
651  7 Hawaii|zHonolulu.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204916 
651  7 Hawaii|zHonolulu|zChinatown.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01323007 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
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