From the author of The Fever comes a dramatic history of pandemics: "If the words, and beyond, in [the] subtitle don't grab a reader's attention, they should" (Booklist, starred review)
From the author of The Fever comes a dramatic history of pandemics: "If the words, and beyond, in [the] subtitle don't grab a reader's attention, they should" (Booklist, starred review)Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Contents Introduction: Cholera's Child The microbes' comeback 1. The Jump Crossing the species barrier at wet markets, pig farms, and South Asian wetlands 2. Locomotion The global dissemination of pathogens through canals, steamships, and jet airplanes 3. Filth The rising tide of feculence, from nineteenth- century New York City to the slums of Port- au- Prince and the factory farms of south China 4. Crowds The amplification of epidemics in the global metropolis 5. Corruption Private interests versus public health, or, how Aaron Burr and the Manhattan Company poisoned New York City with cholera 6. Blame Cholera riots, AIDS denialism, and vaccine resistance 7. The Cure The suppression of John Snow and the limits of bio-medicine 8. The Revenge of the Sea The Cholera Paradigm 9. The Logic of Pandemics The lost history of ancient pandemics 10. Tracking the Next Contagion Re-imagining our place in a microbial world Glossary Notes Acknowledgments Index
Contents Introduction: Cholera's Child The microbes' comeback 1. The Jump Crossing the species barrier at wet markets, pig farms, and South Asian wetlands 2. Locomotion The global dissemination of pathogens through canals, steamships, and jet airplanes 3. Filth The rising tide of feculence, from nineteenth- century New York City to the slums of Port- au- Prince and the factory farms of south China 4. Crowds The amplification of epidemics in the global metropolis 5. Corruption Private interests versus public health, or, how Aaron Burr and the Manhattan Company poisoned New York City with cholera 6. Blame Cholera riots, AIDS denialism, and vaccine resistance 7. The Cure The suppression of John Snow and the limits of bio-medicine 8. The Revenge of the Sea The Cholera Paradigm 9. The Logic of Pandemics The lost history of ancient pandemics 10. Tracking the Next Contagion Re-imagining our place in a microbial world Glossary Notes Acknowledgments Index
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