{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-world-in-six-plagues-9780349704371","title":"A History of the World in Six Plagues","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of the World in Six Plagues\u003c\/i\u003e unveils a powerful and  unsettling truth: epidemic diseases enter the world by chance, but they  become catastrophic by human design.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 today's fractured healthcare systems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow  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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBonhomme's 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, \u003ci\u003eA History of the World in Six Plagues\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'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.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dialogue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52090677166423,"sku":"9780349704371","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349704371.jpg?v=1762273049","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-history-of-the-world-in-six-plagues-9780349704371","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}