Bibliograph

The pandemic century, one hundred years of panic, hysteria and hubris, Mark Honigsbaum

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The pandemic century, one hundred years of panic, hysteria and hubris, Mark Honigsbaum

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The pandemic century

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1055264147

Responsibility statement

Mark Honigsbaum

Sub title

one hundred years of panic, hysteria and hubris

Summary

Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing catastrophic outbreaks of infectious disease. Yet, despite a century of medical progress, viral and bacterial disasters continue to take us by surprise, inciting panic and dominating news cycles. From pneumonic plague in LA and `parrot fever' in Argentina to the more recent AIDS, SARS and Ebola epidemics, the last 100 years have been marked by a succession of unanticipated outbreaks and scares. Like man-eating sharks, predatory pathogens are always present in nature, waiting to strike; when one is seemingly vanquished, others appear in its place. The Pandemic Century exposes the limits of science against nature, and how these crises are shaped by humans as much as microbes. --, Provided by publisher

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