A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19 - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Atria/One Signal PublishersISBN-13:9781982197834ISBN-10:1982197838UPC:9781982197834Book Category:Social Science, Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Life Sciences, African American & BlackSize:9.10 x 6.00 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SC0CMNXEGA
An "incredible, humane, insightful" (Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize winner) account of humankind's battles with epidemic disease, and their outsized role in deepening inequality along racial, ethnic, class, and gender lines--in the vein of Medical Apartheid and Killing the Black Body. With clear-eyed research and lush prose, A History of the World in Six Plagues is "a breathtaking journey through the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Atria/One Signal PublishersISBN-13:9781982197834ISBN-10:1982197838UPC:9781982197834Book Category:Social Science, Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Life Sciences, African American & BlackSize:9.10 x 6.00 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SC0CMNXEGA
Edna Bonhomme is a historian of science, culture writer, and book critic whose work has appeared in Al Jazeera, The Atlantic, Esquire, Frieze magazine, The Guardian, The Nation, London Review of Books, The Washington Post, and more. She is coeditor of After Sex, a collection of essays, poems, and short stories. She earned a PhD from Princeton University, a master's degree from Columbia...
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