{"product_id":"form-follows-fever-christopher-cowell-9789882372900","title":"Form Follows Fever: Malaria and the Construction of Hong Kong, 1841-1849","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForm Follows Fever\u003c\/i\u003e is the first in-depth account of the turbulent years of initial urban settlement and growth of colonial Hong Kong across the 1840s. During this period, the island gained a terrible reputation as a diseased and deadly location. Malaria, then perceived as a mysterious vapor or miasma, intermittently carried off settlers by the hundreds. Various attempts to arrest its effects acted as a catalyst, reconfiguring both the city's physical and political landscape, though not necessarily for the better. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe study draws upon many hitherto unpublished textual sources, including medical reports, personal diaries and letters, government records, journal accounts, newspaper articles, and advertisements. As this history is set a decade before the introduction of photography to the colony, the book relies upon a variety of alternate visual evidence--from previously lost watercolor illustrations of the city to maps, plans, and drawings--that individually and in combination provide trace material enabling the reconstruction of this strange and rapidly evolving society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Cowell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9882372902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789882372900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chinese University of Hong Kong Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Christopher Cowell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45331954827519,"sku":"9789882372900","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_381c7738-c36f-4ada-b3fe-cb15873a3ca4.jpg?v=1713971340","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/form-follows-fever-christopher-cowell-9789882372900","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}