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The plague cycle : the unending war between humanity and infectious disease / Charles Kenny.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kenny, Charles, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epidemics--History.
- Epidemics.
- History.
- Communicable diseases--History.
- Communicable diseases.
- Diseases and history--Sociological aspects.
- Diseases and history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages) : illustrations
- polychrome
- Edition:
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Scribner, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kenny, Charles. Plague cycle.
- ISBN:
- 9781982165352
- 1982165359
- Publisher Number:
- 40030514145
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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