The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease

by Charles Kenny

Book Overview

A vivid, sweeping history of mankind's battles with infectious disease, for readers of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Yuval Harari's Sapiens and John Barry's The Great Influenza.

For four thousand years, the size and vitality of cities, economies, and empires were heavily determined by infection. Striking humanity in waves, the cycle of plagues set the tempo of civilizational growth and decline, since common response...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1982165332
• ISBN13: 9781982165338
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"