Fevers, feuds, and diamonds : Ebola and the ravages of history / Paul Farmer.
Fevers, feuds, and diamonds : Ebola and the ravages of history / Paul Farmer.
Fevers, feuds, and diamonds : Ebola and the ravages of history / Paul Farmer.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
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G 2020/5373
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xxviii, 653 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Preface: The caregiver's disease -- Part I: Ebola hits home. The twenty-fifth epidemic? -- Tough calls -- Ibrahim's second chance -- The two ordeals of Yabom -- Interlude I: Down the rabbit hole -- Part II: Fevers, feuds, and diamonds. The upper Guinea coast and the world the slaves made -- The grea...
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Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2020.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
In 2014 a devastating virus spread through West Africa, prompting fear and panic around the world. The Ebola crisis resulted in loss of life and economic disruption on a grand scale-- and yet this outcome was by no means inevitable. Farmer experienced the Ebola outbreak firsthand, and here he offers the first substantive, on-the-ground account of t...
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Full title
Fevers, feuds, and diamonds : Ebola and the ravages of history / Paul Farmer.
Portion of title
Ebola and the ravages of history
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-619) and index.
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©2020
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G 2020/5373
Record Identifier
74VKaOq2bjdM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaOq2bjdM
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ISBN
9780374234324
DDC
614.57
MMS ID
991024375719202626
