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Foreign bodies : pandemics, vaccines, and the health of nations / Simon Schama.

Schama, Simon, (author.).

Summary:

"A vibrant cultural history investigating the tangled and complex history of pandemics and vaccines, by bestselling author and historian Simon Schama."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781328974839
  • ISBN: 1328974839
  • Physical Description: xii, 465 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2023 by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd."--Copyright page.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-445) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue -- Et in suburbia ego -- Part one: East to west: smallpox. "The fresh and kindly pock" -- Safely! Quickly! Pleasantly! -- Part two: West to east: cholera. Proust's travels -- Sans frontières -- Part three: Power and pestilence: plague. The death of rats -- Calamity snaps -- Carbolic -- Departures -- And in the end...
Subject: Epidemics > History.
Vaccines > History.
Genre: Informational works.

Available copies

  • 24 of 25 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

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  • 1 current hold with 25 total copies.
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Madison Main Library 614.49  SCH (Text) 30229101375557 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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