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The plague cycle : the unending war between humanity and infectious disease / Charles Kenny.

Kenny, Charles, (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982165338
  • ISBN: 1982165332
  • Physical Description: xiv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-290) and index.
Subject: Epidemics > History.
Communicable diseases > History.
Diseases and history > Sociological aspects.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lackawanna County Library System.

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  • 1 current hold with 1 total copy.
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Albright Memorial Library 614.49 KENNY (Text) 50686015568855 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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