Epidemic Invasions: Yellow Fever and the Limits of Cuban Independence, 1878-1930

by Mariola Espinosa (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2009

  $31.84

  Originating in Cuba in 1897, yellow fever shuttered businesses, paralyzed trade, and caused tens of thousand of people living in the southern United States to abandon their homes and flee for their lives. This title uncovers how the devastating power of this virus profoundly shaped the relationship between the two countries.