Bibliograph

Pandemic, tracking contagions, from cholera to Ebola and beyond, Sonia Shah

Type

Label

Pandemic, tracking contagions, from cholera to Ebola and beyond, Sonia Shah

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-253) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Pandemic

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

907585936

Responsibility statement

Sonia Shah

Sub title

tracking contagions, from cholera to Ebola and beyond

Summary

"Interweaving history, original reportage, and personal narrative, Pandemic explores the origins of epidemics, drawing parallels between the story of cholera-- one of history's most disruptive and deadly pathogens-- and the new pathogens that stalk humankind today"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Cholera's child : the microbes' comeback -- The jump : crossing the species barrier at wet markets, pig farms, and South Asian wetlands -- Locomotion : the global dissemination of pathogens through canals, steamships, and jet airplanes -- Filth : the rising tide of feculence, from nineteenth-century New York City to the slums of Port-au-Prince and the factory farms of south China -- Crowds : the amplification of epidemics in the global metropolis -- Corruption : private interests versus public health, or, How Aaron Burr and the Manhattan Company poisoned New York City with cholera -- Blame : cholera riots, AIDS denialism, and vaccine resistance -- The cure : the suppression of John Snow and the limits of biomedicine -- The revenge of the sea : the cholera paradigm -- The logic of pandemics : the lost history of ancient pandemics -- Tracking the next contagion : reimagining our place in a microbial world

Target audience

general

Classification