Howard Markel

Quarantine!

East European Jewish Immigrants and the New York City Epidemics of 1892 (Updated)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

At a time of renewed anti-immigrant sentiment and newly emerging infectious diseases, Quarantine! provides a historical context for considering some of the significant problems that face American society today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Overseas Development Council
• 2nd Updated edition
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781421443669
• ISBN-10: 142144366X
• Artikelnr.: 62351207

Autorenporträt

Howard Markel, MD, PhD (ANN ARBOR, MI), is the George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine and the director of the Center for the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan. He is the author of numerous books, including The Secret of Life: Rosalind Franklin, James Watson, Francis Crick, and the Discovery of DNA's Double Helix and When Germs Travel: Six Major Epidemics That Have Invaded America and the Fears They Have Unleashed.