A History of the World in Six Plagues

Name: A History of the World in Six Plagues
Brand: Atria/One Signal Publishers
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By Edna Bonhomme

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"Epidemic diseases enter the world by chance, but they become catastrophic by human design. With clear-eyed research and lush prose, A History of the World in Six Plagues shows that throughout history, outbreaks of disease have been exacerbated by and gone on to further expand the racial, economic, and sociopolitical divides we allow to fester in times of good health. Princeton-trained historian Edna Bonhomme's examination of humanity's disastrous treatment of pandemic disease takes us across place and time from Port-au-Prince to Tanzania, and from plantation-era America to our modern COVID-19-scarred world to unravel shocking truths about the patterns of discrimination in the face of disease. Based on in-depth research and cultural analysis, Bonhomme explores Cholera, HIV/AIDS, the Spanish Flu, Sleeping Sickness, Ebola, and COVID-19 amidst the backdrop of unequal public policy. But much more than a remarkable history, A History of the World in Six Plagues is also a rising call for change"--

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Number of Pages:: 320
Release Date:: 2025-03-11
Publication Date:: 2025-03-11
Publisher:: Atria/One Signal Publishers
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1982197838
ISBN13:: 9781982197834
Weight:: 472 g
Height:: 153 cm
Width:: 230 cm
Thickness:: 36 cm

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