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The human disease : how we create pandemics, from our bodies to our beliefs / Sabrina Sholts ; foreword by Lonnie G. Bunch III.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sholts, Sabrina, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pandemics.
- Disease Transmission, Infectious--history.
- Anthropogenic Effects.
- Social Factors.
- pandemics.
- Medical Subjects:
- Pandemics.
- Disease Transmission, Infectious--history.
- Anthropogenic Effects.
- Social Factors.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "The COVID pandemic won't be our last because what makes us human also makes us vulnerable to pandemics; as this book explains, though, if we are the problem, then we're also the solution"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Homo Sapiens : The Ultimate Interloper
- The Human Body : A Perfect Host
- Modern Society : Setting the Stage
- Cultural Transmission : Sharing Is Caring
- People Power : Domination and Disease
- Foreign Foes
- Diseased Deviants
- Distrusted Authorities
- Loss of Liberties
- Mass Misinformation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Sholts, Sabrina. Human disease
- ISBN:
- 9780262048859
- 026204885X
- OCLC:
- 1390186769
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