Patrice (C/O Margaret Buchanan, La Martiniere Groupe) Bourdelais
Justinian's Plague, the Black Death, the Great Plague, cholera, influenza, tuberculosis, and AIDS--these diseases and others have devastated human lives and society for generations, decimating populations, creating panic, and wrecking social and economic infrastructure. In Epidemics Laid Low epidemiologist and historian Patrice Bourdelais analyzes the history of disease epidemics in Europe from the Middle Ages to the present.
This captivating account describes how populations respond to crises of disease and how authorities deal with the devastation afterward. Bourdelais...
Justinian's Plague, the Black Death, the Great Plague, cholera, influenza, tuberculosis, and AIDS--these diseases and others have devastated human ...
