Irish Fever: An Archaeology of Illness, Injury, and Healing in New York City, 1845-1875
In this profound study, Meredith B. Linn explores three kinds of afflictions - typhus fever, tuberculosis, and work-related injuries - that disproportionately affected Irish immigrants, tracing how existing medical ideas and technologies intersected with American prejudices to further conspire against this once culturally distinct group.
Meredith Linn
- University of Tennessee Press
- 9781621908456
- 456 pages
- €73
- Hardback
- United States
- Archaeology
