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The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866. (2nd Edition) by Charles E. Rosenberg Paperback, 265 Pages, Published 1987 ISBN-10: 0-226-72677-0 / 0226726770 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-72677-9 / 9780226726779 Cholera was the classic epidemic disease of the nineteenth century, as the plague had been for the fourteenth. Its defeat was a reflection not only of progress in medical knowledge but of enduring changes in American social thought. Rosenberg has focused his study on New York City, the most highly d |