Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-445) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Foreign bodies

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1355632442

Responsibility statement

Simon Schama

Sub title

pandemics, vaccines, and the health of nations

Summary

"A vibrant cultural history investigating the tangled and complex history of pandemics and vaccines, by bestselling author and historian Simon Schama"--Dust jacket flap

Table Of Contents

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..

Target audience

adult

Classification