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Author Kenny, Charles, author
Title The plague cycle : the unending war between humanity and infectious disease / Charles Kenny
Publ&date New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2021
©2021
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book jacket
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 ADULT  614.49 Kenny    AVAILABLE

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Edition First Scribner hardcover edition
ISBN 9781982165338 (hardcover)
1982165332 (hardcover)
Descript xiv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content Malthus's ultimate weapon -- Civilization and the rise of infection -- Trade merges disease pools -- Pestilence conquers -- The exclusion instinct -- Cleaning up -- Salvation by needle -- It's good to get closer -- The revenge of infection? -- Abusing our best defenses -- Flattening the plague cycle -- Conclusion: Humanity's greatest victory
Summary This history of mankind's battles against infectious diseases looks at how epidemics shaped empires and economies and how medical revolutions freed us from these cycles until new threats caused by changes in global trade and climate
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-290) and index
Subject Epidemics -- History
Communicable diseases -- History
Diseases and history -- Sociological aspects