A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to COVID-19 By Edna Bonhomme Material:Hard Cover and personal storytelling

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A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to COVID-19 By Edna Bonhomme Material:Hard Cover and personal storytellingAn incredible, humane, insightful (Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize winner) account of humankinds battles with epidemic disease, and their outsized role in deepening inequality along racial, ethnic, class, and gender linesin the vein ofMedical ApartheidandKilling the Black Body. With clear eyed research and lush prose, A History of the World in Six Plagues is a breathtaking journey through the intertwined histories of contagions and systemic inequities that