Charting Contagions: Data Visualization of Disease in Late 19th-Century San Francisco Chinatown

Charting Contagions: Data Visualization of Disease in Late 19th-Century San Francisco Chinatown

In the late 1800s in San Francisco, Chinese immigrants faced racism and were blamed for the city’s public health crisis. To the rest of San Francisco, disease originated from Chinese people. However, through data visualization we can see that this was not the case. This paper maps cases of disease a...

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Main Author: Pashby, Michele
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2019
Subjects:
San Francisco
Disease
Chinatown
Data Visualization
United States History
Online Access:https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2185
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3260&context=cmc_theses
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spelling ndltd-CLAREMONT-oai-scholarship.claremont.edu-cmc_theses-32602019-10-16T03:05:29Z Charting Contagions: Data Visualization of Disease in Late 19th-Century San Francisco Chinatown Pashby, Michele In the late 1800s in San Francisco, Chinese immigrants faced racism and were blamed for the city’s public health crisis. To the rest of San Francisco, disease originated from Chinese people. However, through data visualization we can see that this was not the case. This paper maps cases of disease against the city’s sanitation system and shows how the lack of adequate infrastructure contributed to high rates of disease. Data visualization is an increasingly important tool that historians need to utilize to uncover new insights. 2019-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2185 https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3260&context=cmc_theses default CMC Senior Theses Scholarship @ Claremont San Francisco Disease Chinatown Data Visualization United States History
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topic San Francisco
Disease
Chinatown
Data Visualization
United States History
spellingShingle San Francisco
Disease
Chinatown
Data Visualization
United States History
Pashby, Michele
Charting Contagions: Data Visualization of Disease in Late 19th-Century San Francisco Chinatown
description In the late 1800s in San Francisco, Chinese immigrants faced racism and were blamed for the city’s public health crisis. To the rest of San Francisco, disease originated from Chinese people. However, through data visualization we can see that this was not the case. This paper maps cases of disease against the city’s sanitation system and shows how the lack of adequate infrastructure contributed to high rates of disease. Data visualization is an increasingly important tool that historians need to utilize to uncover new insights.
author Pashby, Michele
author_facet Pashby, Michele
author_sort Pashby, Michele
title Charting Contagions: Data Visualization of Disease in Late 19th-Century San Francisco Chinatown
title_short Charting Contagions: Data Visualization of Disease in Late 19th-Century San Francisco Chinatown
title_full Charting Contagions: Data Visualization of Disease in Late 19th-Century San Francisco Chinatown
title_fullStr Charting Contagions: Data Visualization of Disease in Late 19th-Century San Francisco Chinatown
title_full_unstemmed Charting Contagions: Data Visualization of Disease in Late 19th-Century San Francisco Chinatown
title_sort charting contagions: data visualization of disease in late 19th-century san francisco chinatown
publisher Scholarship @ Claremont
publishDate 2019
url https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2185
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