Infected Rails: The Spread of Yellow Fever Along Southern Rail Lines

24/09/2022 47 min Temporada 2

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Episode Synopsis

Join us for this week’s episode of Roundhouse Crosstalk, a podcast hosted by the California State Railroad Museum. Today we’ll be hearing from Professor Scott Huffard about the spread of Yellow Fever, traditionally common in port towns, to inland towns after the construction of the railroad. How did people react to these outbreaks and did they understand its causes? What does can disease teach us about a society’s politics, infrastructure, and scientific knowledge? Stay tuned to find out!
You can follow Professor Huffard on twitter here: https://twitter.com/shuffard
You can access Professor Huffard's website here: https://scotthuffard.wordpress.com/
You can find Professor Huffard’s book here: https://uncpress.org/book/9781469652818/engines-of-redemption/

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