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Honigsbaum, Mark, author.
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Epidemics -- History -- 20th century.
Communicable diseases -- History -- 20th century.
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The pandemic century...
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The pandemic century : one hundred years of panic, hysteria, and hubris / Mark Honigsbaum.
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Honigsbaum, Mark, author.
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2019]
Subjects
Epidemics -- History -- 20th century.
Communicable diseases -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780393254754 (hardcover) :
0393254755 (hardcover) :
Description:
450 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Sharks and other predators -- The blue death -- Plague in the City of Angels -- The great parrot fever pandemic -- The "Philly killer" -- Legionnaires' redux -- AIDS in America, AIDS in Africa -- SARS: "super spreader"-- Ebola at the borders -- Z is for Zika -- Epilogue: The pandemic century.
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Chronicles the last century of scientific struggle against deadly contagious disease--from the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic to the recent SARS, Ebola and Zika epidemics--examining related epidemiological mysteries and the role of disease in exacerbating world conflicts.
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Hawaii State Library
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614.4909 Ho
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Adult Nonfiction
614.4909 Honigsbaum
2019
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