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OverviewEven the most well-meaning government controls can be more damaging than any disease. When Los Angeles and the State of California reacted to an outbreak of bubonic plague in a Hispanic neighborhood in 1924 government officials acted ruthlessly--on only partial information--to contain the outbreak and keep news of it quiet. As a result, many people died, a vibrant neighborhood was wiped out -- the whole experience now a lost episode in American history. Here is the first detailed look at the Macy Street Bubonic Plague Story. A lively working-class neighborhood near downtown Los Angeles, Macy Street was close to today's Chinatown. Then, during several weeks in November and December, death ravaged the District. The family of a woman who ran a busy boarding house got sick. At first, neighbors and extended family nursed the family with traditional treatments. But, when others started getting sick, they called in City officials. Identifying the fever as Bubonic Plague, City officials panicked. To keep word of the disease silent, they set up a military perimeter around the entire Macy Street District and cast the outbreak as a Mexican problem. It was effective, in a few weeks, the outbreak ran its course and within a few months, the Macy Street District was a ghost town, burned and bulldozed to erase any memory of the event. Full Product DetailsAuthor: First LastPublisher: Silver Lake Publishing Imprint: Silver Lake Publishing Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.70cm Weight: 0.358kg ISBN: 9781563438851ISBN 10: 1563438852 Pages: 212 Publication Date: 25 February 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |