Contagion: How Commerce Has Spread Disease

by Mark Harrison

In this pathbreaking investigation of the connections between trade and contagious disease through the centuries, the author uncovers disturbing weaknesses in regulatory systems that have failed to protect public health or facilitate global commerce in the past, and continue to fall far short.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300123574
• ISBN13: 9780300123579
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.5"