Plague, Pestilence and Pandemic

Voices from History
Herausgeber: Furtado, Peter

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An eye-opening anthology from the bestselling editor of Histories of Nations, exploring how people around the globe have suffered and survived during plague and pandemic, from the ancient world to the present.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 152mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9780500296134
• ISBN-10: 0500296138
• Artikelnr.: 61767303

Autorenporträt

Peter Furtado is the former editor of History Today. His publications include the Sunday Times bestselling Histories of Nations, as well as Revolutions: How They Changed History and What They Mean Today and Great Cities Through Travellers¿ Eyes.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Plagues of Egypt 2. Athenian plague
5th century BC 3. Antonine Plague
2nd century AD 4. Plague of Justinian
6th century 5. Leprosy
11
14th centuries 6. Black Death
14th century 7. Sweating sickness
15
16th centuries 8. Syphilis
16th century 9. Cocolitztli epidemic, Mexico
16th century 10. New World Smallpox
16
17th century 11. Great Plague (or Marseilles plague)
1660s 12. Russian Plague
1770s 13. Cholera
1850s 14. Flu
1890s 15. Spanish flu
1910s 16. Polio
1911
1980s 17. Asian flu
1950s 18. Hong Kong flu
1968 19. AIDS
1980s 20. Swine flu
2000s 21. SARs, MERs et al.
2010s 22. Covid-19
2020s Conclusion Timeline of Catastrophes Index