Uncertainty and Emotion in the 1900 Sydney Plague

2024/12/09 by Charmaine Robson · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Australian History and Society

paper · doi:10.1080/1031461x.2025.2429183

openalex publication_date 2024/12/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Sydney’s response to the outbreak of bubonic plague in 1900 forms the subject of a new book by historian of medicine, Philippa Barr. The overriding thesis is that the management of this outbreak by...

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• Charmaine Robson @charmr.bsky.social reviews 'Uncertainty and Emotion in the 1900 Sydney Plague', by Philippa Nicole Barr @philippabarr.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1031... [bsky, 4 points, 0 comments]

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