A History of the World in Six Plagues

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7170180A History of the World in Six Plagueshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-history-of-the-world-in-six-plagues-9780349704357/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6712115/image.jpg?v=638758177256330000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6712109/image.jpg?v=638697118855930000508619MXNJohn Murray PressInStock/Ebooks/If everyone read Edna Bonhommes incredible, humane, insightful book-and I hope they do-we might stand a chance Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of An Immense World Fascinating and thought-provoking Jonathan Kennedy, author of Pathogenesis: How Germs Made History Tender as it tackles some of the most stigmatized subjects of our time Morgan Jenkins, author of Wandering in Strange LandsA History of the World in Six Plagues unveils a powerful and unsettling truth: epidemic diseases enter the world by chance, but they become catastrophic by human design.In this groundbreaking work, Bonhomme explores how six pivotal diseases - Cholera, HIV/AIDS, the Spanish Flu, Sleeping Sickness, Ebola and COVID-19 - have shaped the trajectory of human history. With vivid storytelling and rigorous research, she reveals how pandemics have consistently widened the gaps in racial, economic and sociopolitical divides, from the slave ships of the Atlantic to todays fractured healthcare systems.How did a colonial obsession with sugar amplify the devastation of Cholera? Why did sleeping sickness become a weapon of empire in Tanzania? And how has COVID-19 magnified inequities in our modern, interconnected world?Bonhommes incisive analysis transforms our understanding of public health, not as a neutral force but as a stage where power, policy and prejudice collide. Urgent and illuminating, A History of the World in Six Plagues is not just a history of disease - it is a call to reimagine a more equitable future in the face of ongoing global health challenges.This book tells the accounts of people who deserved better. It is also a story of redemption, and of the little child in all of us, curled up alone in a huge bed, without her parents, who wants to be healthy and free....6827059A History of the World in Six Plagues508619https://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-history-of-the-world-in-six-plagues-9780349704357/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6712115/image.jpg?v=638758177256330000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/6712109/image.jpg?v=638697118855930000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20259780349704357_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9780349704357_A deeply reported, insightful, and literary account of humankinds battles with epidemic disease and their outsized role in deepening inequality along racial, ethnic, class and gender lines.Epidemic diseases enter the world by chance, but they become catastrophic by human design.With clear-eyed research and lush prose, A History of the World in Six Plagues shows that throughout history, outbreaks of disease have been exacerbated by and gone on to further expand the racial, economic and sociopolitical divides we allow to fester in times of good health.Princeton-trained historian Edna Bonhommes examination of humanitys disastrous treatment of pandemic disease takes us across place and time from Port-au-Prince to Tanzania, and from plantation-era America to our modern COVID-19-scarred world to unravel shocking truths about the patterns of discrimination in the face of disease. Based on in-depth research and cultural analysis, Bonhomme explores Cholera, HIV/AIDS, the Spanish Flu, Sleeping Sickness, Ebola, and COVID-19 amidst the backdrop of unequal public policy. But much more than a remarkable history, A History of the World in Six Plagues is also a rising call for change....(*_*)9780349704357_A History of the World in Six Plagues unveils a powerful and unsettling truth: epidemic diseases enter the world by chance, but they become catastrophic by human design.In this groundbreaking work, Bonhomme explores how six pivotal diseases-Cholera, HIV/AIDS, the Spanish Flu, Sleeping Sickness, Ebola, and COVID-19-have shaped the trajectory of human history. With vivid storytelling and rigorous research, she reveals how pandemics have consistently widened the gaps in racial, economic, and sociopolitical divides, from the slave ships of the Atlantic to todays fractured healthcare systems.How did a colonial obsession with sugar amplify the devastation of Cholera? Why did sleeping sickness become a weapon of empire in Tanzania? And how has COVID-19 magnified inequities in our modern, interconnected world?Bonhommes incisive analysis transforms our understanding of public health, not as a neutral force but as a stage where power, policy, and prejudice collide. Urgent and illuminating, A History of the World in Six Plagues is not just a history of disease - it is a call to reimagine a more equitable future in the face of ongoing global health challenges.This book tells the accounts of people who deserved better. It is also a story of redemption, and of the little child in all of us, curled up alone in a huge bed, without her parents, who wants to be healthy and free....(*_*)9780349704357_A History of the World in Six Plagues unveils a powerful and unsettling truth: epidemic diseases enter the world by chance, but they become catastrophic by human design.In this groundbreaking work, Bonhomme explores how six pivotal diseases - Cholera, HIV/AIDS, the Spanish Flu, Sleeping Sickness, Ebola and COVID-19 - have shaped the trajectory of human history. With vivid storytelling and rigorous research, she reveals how pandemics have consistently widened the gaps in racial, economic and sociopolitical divides, from the slave ships of the Atlantic to todays fractured healthcare systems.How did a colonial obsession with sugar amplify the devastation of Cholera? Why did sleeping sickness become a weapon of empire in Tanzania? And how has COVID-19 magnified inequities in our modern, interconnected world?Bonhommes incisive analysis transforms our understanding of public health, not as a neutral force but as a stage where power, policy and prejudice collide. Urgent and illuminating, A History of the World in Six Plagues is not just a history of disease - it is a call to reimagine a more equitable future in the face of ongoing global health challenges.This book tells the accounts of people who deserved better. It is also a story of redemption, and of the little child in all of us, curled up alone in a huge bed, without her parents, who wants to be healthy and free....(*_*)9780349704357_If everyone read Edna Bonhommes incredible, humane, insightful book-and I hope they do-we might stand a chance Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of An Immense World Fascinating and thought-provoking Jonathan Kennedy, author of Pathogenesis: How Germs Made History Tender as it tackles some of the most stigmatized subjects of our time Morgan Jenkins, author of Wandering in Strange LandsA History of the World in Six Plagues unveils a powerful and unsettling truth: epidemic diseases enter the world by chance, but they become catastrophic by human design.In this groundbreaking work, Bonhomme explores how six pivotal diseases - Cholera, HIV/AIDS, the Spanish Flu, Sleeping Sickness, Ebola and COVID-19 - have shaped the trajectory of human history. With vivid storytelling and rigorous research, she reveals how pandemics have consistently widened the gaps in racial, economic and sociopolitical divides, from the slave ships of the Atlantic to todays fractured healthcare systems.How did a colonial obsession with sugar amplify the devastation of Cholera? Why did sleeping sickness become a weapon of empire in Tanzania? And how has COVID-19 magnified inequities in our modern, interconnected world?Bonhommes incisive analysis transforms our understanding of public health, not as a neutral force but as a stage where power, policy and prejudice collide. Urgent and illuminating, A History of the World in Six Plagues is not just a history of disease - it is a call to reimagine a more equitable future in the face of ongoing global health challenges.This book tells the accounts of people who deserved better. It is also a story of redemption, and of the little child in all of us, curled up alone in a huge bed, without her parents, who wants to be healthy and free....9780349704357_Dialogue(*_*)9780349704357_John Murray Presslibro_electonico_9780349704357_9780349704357Edna BonhommeInglésMéxico2025-03-13T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/hachetteuk-epub-ba0ecb63-6c4d-4af2-a789-16c4a83f0777.epub2025-03-13T00:00:00+00:00John Murray Press