{"product_id":"plague-pestilence-and-pandemic-9780500296134","title":"Plague Pestilence and Pandemic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA collection of intimate and revelatory first-hand accounts of pandemics through the ages.       Humanity has always been struck by pestilence and pandemics, from the plagues of ancient Egypt to the pox that ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages, to Covid-19. People living through the crises have always recorded what they saw, what they felt, and what they did. Some presented sober facts laced with anecdote, while others produced emotional outpourings; moralists speculated on the origins of the horror, poets distilled the suffering. Doctors described how they were able to advance their understanding of disease and scientists how to cure it, while survivors and the families of victims gave the inside story of the nightmare that develops when a long-feared disease enters your home or your body.     There was a time when to read accounts of the Plague in Wittenburg by Martin Luther or the Great Plague of 1665 by Samuel Pepys  scenes of anguish and woe, empty streets, quarantined houses, close\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Insightful, moving and empathetic' - BBC History Magazine\u003cbr\u003e'Fascinating… Through tracing the social, political and public-health responses evoked by disease-related disasters across the globe, readers can empathise with individuals separated by centuries and oceans… resonates strongly in today’s world' - Minerva\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e  1. Plagues of Egypt\u003cbr\u003e  2. Athenian plague – 5th century BC\u003cbr\u003e  3. Antonine Plague – 2nd century AD\u003cbr\u003e  4. Plague of Justinian – 6th century\u003cbr\u003e  5. Leprosy – 11–14th centuries\u003cbr\u003e  6. Black Death – 14th century\u003cbr\u003e  7. Sweating sickness – 15–16th centuries\u003cbr\u003e  8. Syphilis – 16th century\u003cbr\u003e  9. Cocolitztli epidemic, Mexico – 16th century\u003cbr\u003e  10. New World Smallpox – 16–17th century\u003cbr\u003e  11. Great Plague (or Marseilles plague) – 1660s\u003cbr\u003e  12. Russian Plague – 1770s\u003cbr\u003e  13. Cholera – 1850s\u003cbr\u003e  14. Flu – 1890s\u003cbr\u003e  15. Spanish flu – 1910s\u003cbr\u003e  16. Polio – 1911 – 1980s\u003cbr\u003e  17. Asian flu – 1950s\u003cbr\u003e  18. Hong Kong flu – 1968\u003cbr\u003e  19. AIDS – 1980s\u003cbr\u003e  20. Swine flu – 2000s\u003cbr\u003e  21. SARs, MERs et al. – 2010s\u003cbr\u003e  22. Covid-19 – 2020s\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion Timeline of Catastrophes\u003cbr\u003e  Index","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402765148503,"sku":"9780500296134","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780500296134.jpg?v=1730481447","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/plague-pestilence-and-pandemic-9780500296134","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}