{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-world-in-six-plagues-how-contagion-class-and-captivity-shaped-us-from-cholera-to-covid-19-hardcover","title":"A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdna Bonhomme\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deeply reported, insightful, and literary account of humankind's battles with epidemic disease, and their outsized role in deepening inequality along racial, ethnic, class, and gender lines--in the vein of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMedical Apartheid \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eKilling the Black Body\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEpidemic diseases enter the world by chance, but they become catastrophic by human design. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With clear-eyed research and lush prose, \u003ci\u003eA History of the World in Six Plagues\u003c\/i\u003e shows that throughout history, outbreaks of disease have been exacerbated by and gone on to further expand the racial, economic, and sociopolitical divides we allow to fester in times of good health. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Princeton-trained historian Edna Bonhomme's examination of humanity's disastrous treatment of pandemic disease takes us across place and time from Port-au-Prince to Tanzania, and from plantation-era America to our modern COVID-19-scarred world to unravel shocking truths about the patterns of discrimination in the face of disease. Based on in-depth research and cultural analysis, Bonhomme explores Cholera, HIV\/AIDS, the Spanish Flu, Sleeping Sickness, Ebola, and COVID-19 amidst the backdrop of unequal public policy. But much more than a remarkable history, \u003ci\u003eA History of the World in Six Plagues\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis also a rising call for change.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdna Bonhomme is a historian of science, culture writer, and book critic whose work has appeared in Al Jazeera, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire, Frieze \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, \u003ci\u003e The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eAfter Sex\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of essays, poems, and short stories. She earned a PhD from Princeton University, a master's degree from Columbia University, and a bachelor's degree from Reed College. She previously held fellowships at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, the Camargo Foundation, Baldwin for the Arts, and Nancy B. Negley Artists Residency Program at Maison Dora Maar. Edna is a recipient of the Robert Silvers Foundation Grant for Works in Progress and the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Grant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978190979373,"sku":"9781982197834","price":28.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/Z2rxBSe3IR9781982197834.webp?v=1775800930","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/a-history-of-the-world-in-six-plagues-how-contagion-class-and-captivity-shaped-us-from-cholera-to-covid-19-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}