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Plague On Us
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Author : Geddes Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1943
Plague On Us written by Geddes Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1943 with Epidemics categories.
Presents facts and theories about communicable disease and epidemics throughout the world in layman's terms. Historical accounts offer insight into evolving knowledge about the cause and prevention of disease.
The Plague Year
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Author : Lawrence Wright
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2021-06-08
The Plague Year written by Lawrence Wright and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-08 with Political Science categories.
'A virtuoso feat ... a book of panoramic breadth' New York Times Book Review 'A devastating analysis ... Wright is a master of knitting together complex narratives' The Observer Just as Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower became the defining account of our century's first devastating event, 9/11, so The Plague Year will become the defining account of the second. The story starts with the initial moments of Covid's appearance in Wuhan and ends with Joseph Biden's inauguration in an America ravaged by well over 400,000 deaths - a mortality already some ten times worse than US combat deaths in the entire Vietnam War. This is an anguished, furious memorial to a year in which all of America's great strengths - its scientific knowledge, its great civic and intellectual institutions, its spirit of voluntarism and community - were brought low, not by a terrifying new illness alone, but by political incompetence and cynicism on a scale for which there has been no precedent. With insight, sympathy, clarity and rage, The Plague Year allows the reader to see the unfolding of this great tragedy, talking with individuals on the front line, bringing together many moving and surprising stories and painting a devastating picture of a country literally and fatally misled. 'Maddening and sobering - as comprehensive an account of the first year of the pandemic as we've yet seen' Kirkus
The Present Pandemic Of Plague
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Author : United States. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1908
The Present Pandemic Of Plague written by United States. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1908 with Plague categories.
The American Plague
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Author : Molly Caldwell Crosby
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2007-09-04
The American Plague written by Molly Caldwell Crosby and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-09-04 with History categories.
In this account, a journalist traces the course of the infectious disease known as yellow fever, “vividly [evoking] the Faulkner-meets-Dawn of the Dead horrors” (The New York Times Book Review) of this killer virus. Over the course of history, yellow fever has paralyzed governments, halted commerce, quarantined cities, moved the U.S. capital, and altered the outcome of wars. During a single summer in Memphis alone, it cost more lives than the Chicago fire, the San Francisco earthquake, and the Johnstown flood combined. In 1900, the U.S. sent three doctors to Cuba to discover how yellow fever was spread. There, they launched one of history's most controversial human studies. Compelling and terrifying, The American Plague depicts the story of yellow fever and its reign in this country—and in Africa, where even today it strikes thousands every year. With “arresting tales of heroism,” (Publishers Weekly) it is a story as much about the nature of human beings as it is about the nature of disease.
Plague On Us By Geddes Smith On Epidemic Disease
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Author : Commonwealth Fund
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1941
Plague On Us By Geddes Smith On Epidemic Disease written by Commonwealth Fund and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1941 with categories.
Plagues In The Nation
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Author : Polly J. Price
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press
Release Date : 2022-05-10
Plagues In The Nation written by Polly J. Price and has been published by Beacon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-10 with Social Science categories.
Sheds light on the US government’s response to epidemics through history—with larger conclusions about COVID-19 and reforms needed before the next plague. In this narrative history of the US through major outbreaks of contagious disease, from yellow fever to the Spanish flu, from HIV/AIDS to Ebola, Polly J. Price examines how law and government affected the outcome of epidemics—and how those outbreaks in turn shaped our government. Price presents a fascinating history that has never been fully explored and draws larger conclusions about the gaps in our governmental and legal response. Plagues in the Nation examines how our country learned—and failed to learn—how to address the panic, conflict, and chaos that are the companions of contagion, what policies failed America again and again, and what we must do better next time.
The Plague Year
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Author : Lawrence Wright
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Press
Release Date : 2023-01-05
The Plague Year written by Lawrence Wright and has been published by Penguin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The story of The Plague Year starts with the initial moments of Covid's appearance in Wuhan and ends with Joseph Biden's inauguration in an America ravaged by well over 400,000 deaths - a mortality already some ten times worse than US combat deaths in the entire Vietnam War. This is an anguished, furious memorial to a year in which all of America's great strengths - its scientific knowledge, its great civic and intellectual institutions, its spirit of voluntarism and community - were brought low, not by a terrifying new illness alone, but by political incompetence and cynicism on a scale for which there has been no precedent. With insight, sympathy, clarity and rage, The Plague Year allows the reader to see the unfolding of this great tragedy, talking with individuals on the front line, bringing together many moving and surprising stories and painting a devastating picture of a country literally and fatally misled.
The Plague Upon Us
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Author : Shabir Ahmad Mir
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2020-08-20
The Plague Upon Us written by Shabir Ahmad Mir and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-20 with Fiction categories.
‘In times like these, truth is perhaps the only justice we can have, the only vengeance we can wreak.’ Blood drips from the pellet-stricken eyes of young Kashmiri men as Oubaid watches insurgency and violence rip through the streets of his homeland. A voice in his head tells him he knows who brought this plague upon them. But acknowledging it would mean that he must relive the horrors that have been inflicted on those he loves... Yet the voice will not leave Oubaid alone, and as he reluctantly confronts his past, there emerge four echoes of a story, narrated by four childhood friends – a youth caught in conflict, the daughter of a social climber, the son of a moneyed landlord and a militant. As their tales diverge and coalesce, they unravel a truth that is not always the sum of its parts – one that reveals the full tragedy of a people buffeted by circumstance and desperately seeking salvation. A taut, searing reflection of our times, The Plague upon Us announces the arrival of an arresting new voice in contemporary fiction.
Plague Wars
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Author : Tom Mangold
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2000-02-05
Plague Wars written by Tom Mangold and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-02-05 with History categories.
Anthrax. Plague. Smallpox. Ebola. These are the weapons of the future-- microscopic organisms produced in laboratories and unleashed on unwitting populations to reproduce, spread, and kill. They are as deadly as atomic bombs, much cheaper to create, and much easier to distribute-- inside a warhead on an intercontinental missile, in an aerosol can sprayed in a crowded building, or by a crop duster flying over a major city. Exposure occurs without warning. Infection from only a few minute particles can mean a ghastly and painful death. The kill rates are staggering. Modern biological warfare began during the 1930s, when the Japanese army conducted atrocious experiments on Chinese prisoners using lethal bacteria. During the Cold War, both the Soviet Union and the U.S. rushed to build biological-weapons programs. In 1972, the Biological Weapons Convention banned the development of bioweapons, supposedly ending the threat. But the threat was only beginning. Plague Wars tells the stories of the secret battles that are still being waged in many nations, stories filled with international espionage, deceptions, and treachery. Recently, defectors and covert sources from Third World governments such as Iraq have revealed active biological-weapons programs, despite international arms inspectors' attempts to eradicate them. A U.S. war game to prepare for a North Korean biological attack went so horribly wrong that the results are still classified. In South Africa the use of bioweapons represents one of the last untold secrets of the apartheid battles, while in Zimbabwe people are still dying of anthrax from the dirty wars of independence fought two decades ago. Fringe cults, apocalyptic madmen, and terrorist groups everywhere claim to own bioweapons and are threatening to use them. Major Western cities are busily planning defense against such an attack. The Plague Wars have begun. Are we prepared? Researched across four continents with exceptional access to many sources from the United Nations, U.S. Department of Defense, and various civilian and military intelligence agencies, and using previously classified government documents, Tom Mangold and Jeff Goldberg have written the definitive account of the state of biological warfare in the world today. Never before has the complete scope of these terrifying weapons been so thoroughly examined. A startling look into hidden facets of history, dark secrets of the present, and the anticipated horrors of a none-too-distant future, Plague Wars will make you reconsider your safety in a world where death is just a breath away.
Bubonic Panic
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Author : Gail Jarrow
language : en
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Release Date : 2016-04-05
Bubonic Panic written by Gail Jarrow and has been published by Boyds Mills Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-05 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Uncover the true story of America's first plague epidemic in 1900 in this book is perfect to share with young readers looking for a historical perspective of the Covid-19/Coronavirus pandemic that recently gripped the world. In March 1900, San Francisco's health department investigated a strange and horrible death in Chinatown. A man had died of bubonic plague, one of the world's deadliest diseases. But how could that be possible? Acclaimed author and scientific expert Gail Jarrow brings the history of a medical mystery to life in vivid and exciting detail for young readers. She spotlights the public health doctors who desperately fought to end it, the political leaders who tried to keep it hidden, and the brave scientists who uncovered the plague's secrets. This title includes photographs and drawings, a glossary, a timeline, further resources, an author's note, and source notes.