Hidden Terrors: The Scourge of Cholera in Jackson's America

Author/Contributor(s):	Kelton, Paul
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	10/15/2026
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

In the 1830s, cholera, caused by a yet to be identified bacterium, ignited outbreaks of mass death in urban neighborhoods, rural towns, prisons, and plantations across the United States. In the first comprehensive history of this pandemic, Hidden Terrors humanely captures the experiences of people living in fear of a mysterious disease and exposes how moralizing elites ignored the injustices of Jacksonian America that exacerbated mortality.