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The Ghost Map: Unraveling London's Cholera Mystery and the Birth of Public Health
London, 1854. Death stalked the cobbled streets, a silent killer claiming victims with terrifying speed. This wasn't the plague, nor some exotic disease; it was cholera, a devastating epidemic that had gripped the city. But amidst the panic and despair, one man, Dr. John Snow, dared to challenge the prevailing scientific wisdom and uncover the truth behind this deadly outbreak. His work, immortalized in Steven Johnson's captivating book, "The Ghost Map," reveals a gripping tale of scientific investigation, social injustice, and the birth of modern public health. This post delves into the key elements of this historical event, exploring the science, the social context, and the lasting legacy of Dr. Snow's groundbreaking research.
The Cholera Conundrum: Miasma vs. Germ Theory
Before Dr. Snow, the prevailing theory about cholera transmission was the "miasma theory." This widely accepted belief held that disease was caused by "bad air," emanating from decaying matter and foul odors. The stench of London's overcrowded slums was therefore considered the culprit. Treatment focused on improving sanitation generally, rather than targeting a specific cause. Dr. Snow, however, suspected a different culprit: contaminated water. He meticulously documented cholera cases, pinpointing their geographic distribution and connecting them to a specific source: the Broad Street pump.
Mapping the Killer: The Power of Data Visualization
This is where the "ghost map" comes in. Dr. Snow didn't simply collect data; he visually represented it, creating a map that overlaid cholera deaths with the locations of water pumps. This powerful visualization revealed a startling pattern. The overwhelming majority of deaths were clustered around the Broad Street pump, providing compelling evidence of its role in spreading the disease. The map wasn't just a collection of dots; it was a visual narrative, a compelling argument that spoke louder than any scientific treatise. This innovative approach to data visualization laid the groundwork for modern epidemiological mapping techniques.
Confronting Resistance: The Struggle for Acceptance
Despite the compelling evidence presented by his map, Dr. Snow faced significant resistance. The established medical community clung to the miasma theory, reluctant to accept a radical new explanation. His work challenged not only scientific dogma but also powerful vested interests. Changing the city's water supply would require significant political will and resources, a proposition met with considerable opposition. Dr. Snow’s perseverance and meticulous documentation, however, eventually convinced officials to remove the handle from the Broad Street pump, marking a crucial turning point in the epidemic.
Beyond the Pump: Social Inequality and Cholera
"The Ghost Map" is more than just a scientific detective story; it’s a social commentary. The epidemic exposed the stark inequalities of Victorian London. The poorest and most vulnerable populations, living in overcrowded slums with inadequate sanitation, were disproportionately affected. Access to clean water was a luxury many couldn't afford, highlighting the deep-seated social injustices that contributed to the epidemic's devastating impact. This crucial social element underscores the importance of public health initiatives that address not just disease but also societal factors that influence vulnerability.
The Lasting Legacy: Public Health and the Germ Theory
The events surrounding "The Ghost Map" and Dr. Snow's work represent a watershed moment in the history of public health. His investigation, although initially met with skepticism, provided compelling evidence supporting the germ theory of disease. While not definitively proving germs, Snow's work laid critical groundwork for the future acceptance of the germ theory and the development of sanitation systems that focused on the prevention of waterborne diseases. His meticulous approach to data collection and visualization, alongside his unwavering commitment to public health, continues to inspire scientists and public health officials today. The legacy of "The Ghost Map" transcends its historical context, offering valuable lessons about the importance of scientific rigor, data-driven decision-making, and the profound impact of social factors on public health.
Conclusion:
"The Ghost Map" isn't just a historical account; it’s a powerful reminder of the importance of scientific inquiry, the power of data visualization, and the crucial role of public health in protecting vulnerable populations. Dr. Snow's groundbreaking work laid the foundation for modern epidemiology and continues to shape our understanding of disease prevention and control. His story is one of perseverance, innovation, and the fight for a healthier future.
FAQs:
1. Was Dr. Snow the first to suggest contaminated water caused cholera? No, some earlier individuals suspected water contamination, but Snow provided the most compelling and meticulously documented evidence through his mapping and investigation.
2. How did removing the Broad Street pump handle affect the cholera outbreak? Removing the handle significantly reduced the spread of cholera, providing strong evidence supporting Snow's hypothesis and demonstrating the importance of clean water.
3. What other factors contributed to the cholera outbreak besides contaminated water? Overcrowding, poor sanitation, and lack of access to clean water all significantly contributed to the spread of cholera in London.
4. Did "The Ghost Map" immediately change public health practices? While the removal of the Broad Street pump handle was a quick reaction, widespread adoption of better sanitation and water treatment took years, showcasing the slow pace of widespread public health reform.
5. What is the significance of the book "The Ghost Map" today? "The Ghost Map" serves as a compelling case study in epidemiological investigation, highlighting the power of data visualization, and the enduring importance of tackling social inequalities to improve public health.
| the ghost map: The Ghost Map Steven Johnson, 2008-01-31 In Ghost Map Steven Johnson tells the story of the terrifying cholera epidemic that engulfed London in 1854, and the two unlikely heroes – anaesthetist Doctor John Snow and affable clergyman Reverend Henry Whitehead – who defeated the disease through a combination of local knowledge, scientific research and map-making. In telling their extraordinary story, Johnson also explores a whole world of ideas and connections, from urban terror to microbes, ecosystems to the Great Stink, cultural phenomena to street life. Re-creating a London full of dirt, dust heaps, slaughterhouses and scavengers, Ghost Map is about how huge populations live together, how cities can kill – and how they can save us. |
| the ghost map: Extra Life Steven Johnson, 2021-05-11 “Offers a useful reminder of the role of modern science in fundamentally transforming all of our lives.” —President Barack Obama (on Twitter) “An important book.” —Steven Pinker, The New York Times Book Review The surprising and important story of how humans gained what amounts to an extra life, from the bestselling author of How We Got to Now and Where Good Ideas Come From In 1920, at the end of the last major pandemic, global life expectancy was just over forty years. Today, in many parts of the world, human beings can expect to live more than eighty years. As a species we have doubled our life expectancy in just one century. There are few measures of human progress more astonishing than this increased longevity. Extra Life is Steven Johnson’s attempt to understand where that progress came from, telling the epic story of one of humanity’s greatest achievements. How many of those extra years came from vaccines, or the decrease in famines, or seatbelts? What are the forces that now keep us alive longer? Behind each breakthrough lies an inspiring story of cooperative innovation, of brilliant thinkers bolstered by strong systems of public support and collaborative networks, and of dedicated activists fighting for meaningful reform. But for all its focus on positive change, this book is also a reminder that meaningful gaps in life expectancy still exist, and that new threats loom on the horizon, as the COVID-19 pandemic has made clear. How do we avoid decreases in life expectancy as our public health systems face unprecedented challenges? What current technologies or interventions that could reduce the impact of future crises are we somehow ignoring? A study in how meaningful change happens in society, Extra Life celebrates the enduring power of common goals and public resources, and the heroes of public health and medicine too often ignored in popular accounts of our history. This is the sweeping story of a revolution with immense public and personal consequences: the doubling of the human life span. |
| the ghost map: The Ghost Map Steven Johnson, 2007-10-02 A National Bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book, and an Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year from the author of Extra Life “By turns a medical thriller, detective story, and paean to city life, Johnson's account of the outbreak and its modern implications is a true page-turner.” —The Washington Post “Thought-provoking.” —Entertainment Weekly It's the summer of 1854, and London is just emerging as one of the first modern cities in the world. But lacking the infrastructure-garbage removal, clean water, sewers-necessary to support its rapidly expanding population, the city has become the perfect breeding ground for a terrifying disease no one knows how to cure. As the cholera outbreak takes hold, a physician and a local curate are spurred to action-and ultimately solve the most pressing medical riddle of their time. In a triumph of multidisciplinary thinking, Johnson illuminates the intertwined histories of the spread of disease, the rise of cities, and the nature of scientific inquiry, offering both a riveting history and a powerful explanation of how it has shaped the world we live in. |
| the ghost map: The Mapmaker and the Ghost Sarvenaz Tash, 2012-04-24 Goldenrod Moram loves adventure, especially when it comes in the form of mapmaking. An avid fan of the legendary explorers Lewis and Clark, she decides to start her own exploring team, the Legendary Adventurers, and to spend her summer vacation discovering the unmapped forest right behind her home. This simple task is complicated by a series of unique events-a chance encounter with a mysterious old lady has her searching for a legendary blue rose. Another, more unfortunate, encounter lands her in the middle of a ragtag bunch of nicknamed ruffians. Throw in the trapped spirit of Meriwether Lewis himself and her well-meaning but nuisance of a little brother, and Goldenrod Moram is in for the quest of a lifetime . . . |
| the ghost map: The Invention of Air Steven Johnson, 2009-09-29 From the bestselling author of How We Got To Now, The Ghost Map and Farsighted, a new national bestseller: the “exhilarating”( Los Angeles Times) story of Joseph Priestley, “a founding father long forgotten”(Newsweek) and a brilliant man who embodied the relationship between science, religion, and politics for America's Founding Fathers. In The Invention of Air, national bestselling author Steven Johnson tells the fascinating story of Joseph Priestley—scientist and theologian, protégé of Benjamin Franklin, friend of Thomas Jefferson—an eighteenth-century radical thinker who played pivotal roles in the invention of ecosystem science, the discovery of oxygen, the uses of oxygen, scientific experimentation, the founding of the Unitarian Church, and the intellectual development of the United States. As he did so masterfully in The Ghost Map, Steven Johnson uses a dramatic historical story to explore themes that have long engaged him: innovative strategies, intellectual models, and the way new ideas emerge and spread, and the environments that foster these breakthroughs. |
| the ghost map: Everything Bad is Good for You Steven Johnson, 2006-04-06 Tune in, turn on and get smarter ... The Simpsons, Desperate Housewives, The Apprentice, The Sopranos, Grand Theft Auto: We're constantly being told that popular culture is just mindless entertainment. But, as Steven Johnson shows, it's actually making us more intelligent. Here he puts forward a radical alternative to the endless complaints about reality TV, throwaway movies and violent video games. He shows that mass culture is actually more sophisticated and challenging than ever before. When we focus on what our minds have to do to process its complex, multilayered messages, it becomes clear that it's not dumbing us down - but smartening us up. |
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| the ghost map: Melbourne Circle Nick Gadd, 2021-07-23 Over two years, writer Nick Gadd and his wife Lynne circled the city of Melbourne on foot, starting at Williamstown and ending in Port Melbourne. Along the way they uncovered lost buildings, secret places and mysterious signs that told of forgotten stories and curious characters from the past. Soon after they completed the circle, Lynne passed away from cancer. Melbourne Circle is the story of their journey, a memoir, and a stunning meditation on personal loss. ‘What a gem this book is! Oddity, wonderment, weirdness: these splendid essays reveal a marvellous Melbourne most of us have never encountered before. This is a psychogeography dense with vernacular history, humane detail, and from beneath the shadow of grief, love.’ – Gail Jones, author of Five Bells and The Death of Noah Glass ‘‘‘Psychojogging”’ and the pleasures of walking.’ – interview with Hilary Harper on Radio National, Life Matters ‘Marvellous Melbourne: the books that capture our city and its life.’ – The Age/Sydney Morning Herald ‘Melbourne Circle: Walking, Memory and Loss is a very special book. Just read it, and then take to the streets and walk with the same spirit of enquiry.’ – Sophie Cunningham, The Age ‘A beautiful meditation on the streets in which we live, ghosts, love and loss … While there is sadness in this book, Gadd writes with warmth, humour and a generosity of spirit.’ – Stephen Romei, The Weekend Australian ‘An endearing book about enduring love and serendipitous discoveries; of remnants of the past pasted onto old buildings, and the way these ghost signs are portals into another time.’ – The Saturday Paper |
| the ghost map: Ghost Empire Richard Fidler, 2016-08-01 'A brilliant reconstruction of the saga of power, glory, invasion and decay that is the one-thousand year story of Constantinople. A truly marvellous book.' - Simon Winchester In 2014, Richard Fidler and his son Joe made a journey to Istanbul. Fired by Richard's passion for the rich history of the dazzling Byzantine Empire - centred around the legendary Constantinople - we are swept into some of the most extraordinary tales in history. The clash of civilisations, the fall of empires, the rise of Christianity, revenge, lust, murder. Turbulent stories from the past are brought vividly to life at the same time as a father navigates the unfolding changes in his relationship with his son. GHOST EMPIRE is a revelation: a beautifully written ode to a lost civilization, and a warmly observed father-son adventure far from home. |
| the ghost map: The Ghost And The Bounty Hunter Adam Courtenay, 2020-04-01 By the bestselling author of The Ship That Never Was Just after Christmas 1803, convict William Buckley fled an embryonic settlement in the land of the Kulin nation (now the Port Phillip area), to take his chances in the wilderness. A few months later, the local Aboriginal people found the six-foot-five former soldier near death. Believing he was a lost kinsman returned from the dead, they took him in, and for thirty-two years Buckley lived as a Wadawurrung man, learning his adopted tribe's language, skills and methods to survive. The outside world finally caught up with Buckley in 1835, after John Batman, a bounty hunter from Van Diemen's Land, arrived in the area, seeking to acquire and control the perfect pastureland around the bay. What happened next saw the Wadawurrung betrayed and Buckley eventually broken. The theft of Kulin country would end in the birth of a city. The frontier wars had begun. By the bestselling author of The Ship That Never Was, The Ghost and the Bounty Hunter is a fascinating and poignant true story from Australian colonial history. |
| the ghost map: The Ghost Map Steven Johnson, 2008 Steven Johnson takes the reader day by day through the cholera epidemic of 1854 - which would consume 50,000 lives in England and Wales - and recreates a London full of dust heaps, furnaces and slaughterhouses. |
| the ghost map: Deep Maps and Spatial Narratives David J. Bodenhamer, John Corrigan, Trevor M. Harris, 2015-02-04 Deep maps are finely detailed, multimedia depictions of a place and the people, buildings, objects, flora, and fauna that exist within it and which are inseparable from the activities of everyday life. These depictions may encompass the beliefs, desires, hopes, and fears of residents and help show what ties one place to another. A deep map is a way to engage evidence within its spatio-temporal context and to provide a platform for a spatially-embedded argument. The essays in this book investigate deep mapping and the spatial narratives that stem from it. The authors come from a variety of disciplines: history, religious studies, geography and geographic information science, and computer science. Each applies the concepts of space, time, and place to problems central to an understanding of society and culture, employing deep maps to reveal the confluence of actions and evidence and to trace paths of intellectual exploration by making use of a new creative space that is visual, structurally open, multi-media, and multi-layered. |
| the ghost map: Computer Vision and Graphics Leonard Bolc, Konrad Wojciechowski, Ryszard Tadeusiewicz, Leszek J. Chmielewski, 2012-10-13 This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision and Graphics, ICCVG 2012, held in Warsaw, Poland, in September 2012. The 89 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from various submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on computer graphics, computer vision and visual surveillance. |
| the ghost map: Advanced AI Methods for Plant Disease and Pest Recognition Jucheng Yang, Yalin Wu, Alvaro Fuentes, Sook Yoon, Tonghai Liu, 2024-06-06 Plant diseases and pests cause significant losses to farmers and threaten food security worldwide. Monitoring the growing conditions of crops and detecting plant diseases is critical for sustainable agriculture. Traditionally, crop inspection has been carried out by people with expert knowledge in the field. However, regarding any activity carried out by humans, this activity is prone to errors, leading to possible incorrect decisions. Innovation is, therefore, an essential fact of modern agriculture. In this context, deep learning has played a key role in solving complicated applications with increasing accuracy over time, and recent interest in this type of technology has prompted its potential application to address complex problems in agriculture, such as plant disease and pest recognition. Although substantial progress has been made in the area, several challenges still remain, especially those that limit systems to operate in real-world scenarios. |
| the ghost map: Get Well Soon Jennifer Wright, 2017-02-07 A witty, irreverent tour of history's worst plagues—from the Antonine Plague, to leprosy, to polio—and a celebration of the heroes who fought them In 1518, in a small town in Alsace, Frau Troffea began dancing and didn’t stop. She danced until she was carried away six days later, and soon thirty-four more villagers joined her. Then more. In a month more than 400 people had been stricken by the mysterious dancing plague. In late-seventeenth-century England an eccentric gentleman founded the No Nose Club in his gracious townhome—a social club for those who had lost their noses, and other body parts, to the plague of syphilis for which there was then no cure. And in turn-of-the-century New York, an Irish cook caused two lethal outbreaks of typhoid fever, a case that transformed her into the notorious Typhoid Mary. Throughout time, humans have been terrified and fascinated by the diseases history and circumstance have dropped on them. Some of their responses to those outbreaks are almost too strange to believe in hindsight. Get Well Soon delivers the gruesome, morbid details of some of the worst plagues we’ve suffered as a species, as well as stories of the heroic figures who selflessly fought to ease the suffering of their fellow man. With her signature mix of in-depth research and storytelling, and not a little dark humor, Jennifer Wright explores history’s most gripping and deadly outbreaks, and ultimately looks at the surprising ways they’ve shaped history and humanity for almost as long as anyone can remember. |
| the ghost map: Rethinking Map Literacy Ming Xie, Steven Reader, H. L. Vacher, 2021-03-29 This book provides two conceptual frameworks for further investigation of map literacy and fills in a gap in map literacy studies, addressing the distinction between reference maps and thematic maps and the varying uses of quantitative map literacy (QML) within and between the two. The text offers two conceptual frameworks and uses specific map examples to explore this variability in map reading skills and knowledge, with the goal of informing educational pedagogy and practices within geography and related disciplines. The book will appeal to cartographers and geographers as a new perspective on a tool of communication they have long employed in their disciplines, and will also appeal to those involved in the educational pedagogy of information and data literacy as a way to conceptualize the development of curricula and teaching materials in the increasingly important arena of the interplay between quantitative data and map-based graphics. The first framework discussed is based on a three-set Venn model, and addresses the content and relationships of three “literacies” – map literacy, quantitative literacy and background information. As part of this framework, the field of QML is introduced, conceptualized, and defined as the knowledge (concepts, skills and facts) required to accurately read, use, interpret and understand the quantitative information embedded in geographic backgrounds. The second framework is of a compositional triangle based on (1) the ratio of reference to thematic map purpose and (2) the level of generalization and/or distortion within maps. In combination, these two parameters allow for any type of map to be located within the triangle as a prelude to considering the type and level of quantitative literacy that comes into play during map reading. Based on the two frameworks mentioned above, the pedagogical tool of “word problems” is applied to “map literacy” in an innovative way to explore the variability of map reading skills and knowledge based on specific map examples. |
| the ghost map: Image Analysis and Recognition Aurélio Campilho, Mohamed Kamel, 2010-06-09 This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference, ICIAR 2010, held in Póvoa de Varzin, Portugal in June 2010. The 88 revised full papers were selected from 164 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Image Morphology, Enhancement and Restoration, Image Segmentation, Featue Extraction and Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision, Shape, Texture and Motion Analysis, Coding, Indexing, and Retrieval, Face Detection and Recognition, Biomedical Image Analysis, Biometrics and Applications |
| the ghost map: Exploring History through Young Adult Literature Paula Greathouse, Melanie Hundley, Andrew L. Hostetler, 2024-06-17 Giving students opportunities to read like historians has the potential to move their thinking and understanding of history in monumental ways. In Exploring History through Young Adult Literature: Middle School, Volume 1 each chapter presented in this volume provides middle school readers with approaches and activities for pairing a young adult novel with specific historical events, eras, or movements. Chapters include suggested instructional activities for before, during, and after reading as well as extension activities that move beyond the text. Each chapter concludes with a final discussion on how the spotlighted YA text can inspire students to be moved to take informed action within their communities or beyond. Through the reading and study of the young adult novels students are guided to a deeper understanding of history while increasing their literacy practices. |
| the ghost map: The Environment and the People in American Cities, 1600s-1900s Dorceta E. Taylor, 2009-11-23 In The Environment and the People in American Cities, Dorceta E. Taylor provides an in-depth examination of the development of urban environments, and urban environmentalism, in the United States. Taylor focuses on the evolution of the city, the emergence of elite reformers, the framing of environmental problems, and the perceptions of and responses to breakdowns in social order, from the seventeenth century through the twentieth. She demonstrates how social inequalities repeatedly informed the adjudication of questions related to health, safety, and land access and use. While many accounts of environmental history begin and end with wildlife and wilderness, Taylor shows that the city offers important clues to understanding the evolution of American environmental activism. Taylor traces the progression of several major thrusts in urban environmental activism, including the alleviation of poverty; sanitary reform and public health; safe, affordable, and adequate housing; parks, playgrounds, and open space; occupational health and safety; consumer protection (food and product safety); and land use and urban planning. At the same time, she presents a historical analysis of the ways race, class, and gender shaped experiences and perceptions of the environment as well as environmental activism and the construction of environmental discourses. Throughout her analysis, Taylor illuminates connections between the social and environmental conflicts of the past and those of the present. She describes the displacement of people of color for the production of natural open space for the white and wealthy, the close proximity between garbage and communities of color in early America, the cozy relationship between middle-class environmentalists and the business community, and the continuous resistance against environmental inequalities on the part of ordinary residents from marginal communities. |
| the ghost map: The Ghost Map Steven Johnson, 2006 Steven Johnson takes the reader day by day through the cholera epidemic of 1854 - which would consume 50,000 lives in England and Wales - and recreates a London full of dust heaps, furnaces and slaughterhouses. |
| the ghost map: Through the Healing Glass John Stanislav Sadar, 2016-02-12 In the mid-1920s a physiologist, a glass chemist, and a zoo embarked on a project which promised to turn buildings into medical instruments. The advanced chemistry of Vita Glass mobilised theories of light and medicine, health practices and glassmaking technology to compress an entire epoch’s hopes for a healthy life into a glass sheet – yet it did so invisibly. To communicate its advantage, Pilkington Bros. spared no expense as they launched the most costly and sophisticated marketing campaign in their history. Engineering need for Vita Glass employed leading-edge market research, evocative photography and vanguard techniques of advertising psychology, accompanied by the claim: Let in the Health Rays of Daylight Permanently through Vita Glass Windows. This is the story of how, despite the best efforts of two glass companies, the leading marketing firm of the day, and the opinions of leading medical minds, Vita Glass failed. However, it epitomised an age of lightness and airiness, sleeping porches, flat roofs and ribbon windows. Moreover, through its remarkable print advertising, it strove to shape the ideal relationship between our buildings and our bodies. |
| the ghost map: The Return of Nature John Bellamy Foster, 2020-06-16 Winner, 2020 Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize A fascinating reinterpretation of the radical and socialist origins of ecology Twenty years ago, John Bellamy Foster’s Marx’s Ecology: Materialism and Nature introduced a new understanding of Karl Marx’s revolutionary ecological materialism. More than simply a study of Marx, it commenced an intellectual and social history, en-compassing thinkers from Epicurus to Darwin, who developed materialist and ecological ideas. Now, with The Return of Nature: Socialism and Ecology, Foster continues this narrative. In so doing, he uncovers a long history of the efforts to unite questions of social justice and environmental sustainability, and helps us comprehend and counter today’s unprecedented planetary emergencies. The Return of Nature begins with the deaths of Darwin (1882) and Marx (1883) and moves on until the rise of the ecological age in the 1960s and 1970s. Foster explores how socialist analysts and materialist scientists of various stamps, first in Britain, then the United States, from William Morris and Frederick Engels, to Joseph Needham, Rachel Carson, and Stephen J. Gould, sought to develop a dialectical naturalism, rooted in a critique of capitalism. In the process, he delivers a far-reaching and fascinating reinterpretation of the radical and socialist origins of ecology. Ultimately, what this book asks for is nothing short of revolution: a long, ecological revolution, aimed at making peace with the planet while meeting collective human needs. |
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| the ghost map: Religion and the Health of the Public G. Gunderson, J. Cochrane, 2012-02-14 The book proposes a critical theory of the role and place of religion in public health and argues for a programmatic reorientation of these two fields of practice and inquiry to more effectively align religious health assets - widely present in many contexts - and public health services and facilities. |
| the ghost map: Enemy of All Mankind Steven Johnson, 2020-05-12 “Thoroughly engrossing . . . a spirited, suspenseful, economically told tale whose significance is manifest and whose pace never flags.” —The Wall Street Journal From The New York Times–bestselling author of The Ghost Map and Extra Life, the story of a pirate who changed the world Henry Every was the seventeenth century’s most notorious pirate. The press published wildly popular—and wildly inaccurate—reports of his nefarious adventures. The British government offered enormous bounties for his capture, alive or (preferably) dead. But Steven Johnson argues that Every’s most lasting legacy was his inadvertent triggering of a major shift in the global economy. Enemy of All Mankind focuses on one key event—the attack on an Indian treasure ship by Every and his crew—and its surprising repercussions across time and space. It’s the gripping tale of one of the most lucrative crimes in history, the first international manhunt, and the trial of the seventeenth century. Johnson uses the extraordinary story of Henry Every and his crimes to explore the emergence of the East India Company, the British Empire, and the modern global marketplace: a densely interconnected planet ruled by nations and corporations. How did this unlikely pirate and his notorious crime end up playing a key role in the birth of multinational capitalism? In the same mode as Johnson’s classic nonfiction historical thriller The Ghost Map, Enemy of All Mankind deftly traces the path from a single struck match to a global conflagration. |
| the ghost map: A Theory of Spectral Rhetoric Seth Pierce, 2021-08-23 This book synthesizes Jacques Derrida’s hauntology and spectrality with affect theory, in order to create a rhetorical framework analyzing the felt absences and hauntings of written and oral texts. The book opens with a history of hauntology, spectrality, and affect theory and how each of those ideas have been applied. The book then moves into discussing the unique elements of the rhetorical framework known as the rhetorrectional situation. Three case studies taken from the Christian tradition, serve to demonstrate how spectral rhetoric works. The first is fictional, C.S. Lewis ’The Great Divorce. The second is non-fiction, Tim Jennings ’The God Shaped Brain. The final one is taken from homiletics, Bishop Michael Curry’s royal wedding 2018 sermon. After the case studies conclusion offers the reader a summary and ideas future applications for spectral rhetoric. |
| the ghost map: Making Inclusive Higher Education a Reality Anna M. Kelly, Lisa Padden, Bairbre Fleming, 2023-04-20 Revealing higher education inclusive practice in action, this key title showcases a range of international case studies from a number of universities in order to highlight approaches to developing a culture of access and inclusion. It provides detailed information on how to transform institutional commitment to access and diversity into systemic change and the creation of a university for all. By deconstructing assumptions and practices and offering a range of inclusive techniques and case studies to challenge and enhance instruction, this book moves the conversation about inclusivity from a concept to a reality. It evokes and prompts solutions to everyday challenges experienced by those working in higher education and offers the reader a ringside seat to its application, implementation and unearthing inclusive practice gems which showcase inclusive practice at its best. Providing a whole-institution perspective of student access and inclusion, citing case studies and sharing real world experience, this book will appeal to academic leaders, faculty and professionals in higher education, as well as policy makers. In particular, those charged with addressing issues of access, diversity and inclusion in higher education will find this a vital read. |
| the ghost map: The Ghost Map Steven Johnson, 2008-01-31 Steven Johnson takes the reader day by day through the cholera epidemic of 1854 - which would consume 50,000 lives in England and Wales - and recreates a London full of dust heaps, furnaces and slaughterhouses. |
| the ghost map: Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology, 1896 |
| the ghost map: Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology, 1896 |
| the ghost map: Environmental Health Review , 2006 |
| the ghost map: Papers and Discussions Presented , 1967 |
| the ghost map: Annales de l'Institut Fourier , 2005 |
| the ghost map: Annales Scientifiques de L'École Normale Supérieure École normale supérieure (France), 2004 |
| the ghost map: Report to the Superintendent New York (State) State Land Survey, 1880 |
| the ghost map: Annual Report on the Progress of the Topographical Survey of the Adirondack Region of New York New York (State). Adirondack Survey, 1879 |
| the ghost map: Annual Report on the Progress of the Topographical Survey of the Adirondack Region of New York ... Adirondack Survey (N.Y.), 1880 |
| the ghost map: Annual Report on the Progress of the Topographical Survey of the Adirondack Region of New York ... by Verplanck Colvin ... Adirondack Survey (N.Y.)., 1880 |
| the ghost map: Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells – Our Ride to the Renewable Future Amanda Little, 2010-01-21 In this fresh and gutsy analysis, Amanda Little lays bare America’s energy past, present and future and shows how the innovatory designs that got it to its current energy crisis will actually save it from ruin. |
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World. By Steven Johnson. (Riverhead Books: Penguin Group (USA) Inc, …
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The Ghost Map The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic —and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World. Author Steven Johnson. Riverhead Books, 2006 ISBN 978 -1 …
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The Ghost Map Presentation Assignment. Each student will be assigned a chapter of the book to give a short presentation on to the class. Three students will be assigned each chapter and will …
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Full Title: The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World. When Written: 2004-2006. Where Written: New York City …
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The Ghost Map and Social Class ENGL 100 Curriculum - Fall 2014 SWBAT: • Identify issues of socioeconomic class in The Ghost Map and connect those themes to current socioeconomic …
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In The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic – and How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World, Johnson ambitiously attempts to tell the “urban legend” of the …
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Context of The Ghost Map . Four major revolutionary maps from Great Britain in the nineteen century transformed much of science and public health: First, William Smith’s geological map of …
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Aug 13, 2017 · spaces. The bustling commerce of the great city has conjured up its opposite, a ghost class that somehow mimics the status markers and value calculations of the material …
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Since p is a ring homomorphism, Lemma 1 shows immediately that the sequences w(a) + w(b), w(a) w(b), and w(a) are in the image of the ghost map. It follows that there are sequences of …
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The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic – and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World is a book by Steven Berlin Johnson in which he describes the most intense outbreak of cholera in Victorian London and centers on …
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Oct 2, 2007 · In a triumph of multidisciplinary thinking, Johnson illuminates the intertwined histories of the spread of disease, the rise of cities, and the nature of scientific inquiry, offering both a riveting history and a powerful explanation of …
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Jan 31, 2008 · From the bestselling author of Everything Bad is Good For You, Steven Johnson's The Ghost Map vividly recreates Victorian London to show how huge populations live together, how cities can kill - and how they can save us.
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Oct 19, 2006 · The Ghost Map is an endlessly compelling and utterly gripping account of that London summer of 1854, from the microbial level to the macrourban-theory level—including, most important, the human level. Watch a QuickTime trailer for this book.
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic
Oct 19, 2006 · The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World. Steven Johnson. Penguin, Oct 19, 2006 - Science - 320 pages. A...
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The Ghost Map. The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic–and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World. By Steven Johnson. Best Seller. Category: Science & Technology | European World History | Wellness. Paperback $18.00. Oct 02, 2007| ISBN 9781594482694. Buy. Ebook $8.99. Oct 19, 2006| ISBN 9781101158531. Buy. All Formats. +.
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Apr 4, 2006 · So The Ghost Map is in part a disease thriller, with some genuinely spooky and unsettling narrative turns. But it also widens its focus to tell the history of London’s sewer system, the evolutionary history of bacteria, the biological and cultural roots of the miasma theory, the bizarre waste management techniques of Victorian society, and so on.
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic
Oct 2, 2007 · Overview. A National Bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book, and an Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year from the author of Extra Life. “By turns a medical thriller, detective story, and paean to city life, Johnson's account of the outbreak and its modern implications is a true page-turner.” —The Washington Post.
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Oct 19, 2006 · From Steven Johnson, the dynamic thinker routinely compared to James Gleick, Dava Sobel, and Malcolm Gladwell, The Ghost Map is a riveting page-turner about a real-life historical hero, Dr. John Snow. It's the summer of 1854, and London is just emerging as one of the first modern cities in the world.
