Pandemic : tracking contagions, from cholera to Ebola and beyond / Sonia Shah.
Pandemic : tracking contagions, from cholera to Ebola and beyond / Sonia Shah.
Pandemic : tracking contagions, from cholera to Ebola and beyond / Sonia Shah.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2016.
Call Numbers
G 2016/584
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 271 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
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...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Sarah Crichton Books, Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2016.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2016.
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Scope and Contents
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....
Alternative Titles
Full title
Pandemic : tracking contagions, from cholera to Ebola and beyond / Sonia Shah.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-253) and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2016/584
Record Identifier
74VKzE0BwDNb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzE0BwDNb
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ISBN
9780374122881 hardcover
0374122881 hardcover
DDC
362.1
MMS ID
991023495539702626
