The pandemic century : one hundred years of panic, hysteria, and hubris
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New York : WW Norton & Company, 2020., New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, 2020.
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Norton paperback [edition].
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Published
New York : WW Norton & Company, 2020., New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, 2020.
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Book
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Norton paperback [edition].
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478 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English

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"With a new chapter and updated epilogue on Coronavirus." --Cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [399]-448) and index.
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From the cover. How can we understand the Covid-19 crisis? Ever since the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic, scientists have dreamed of preventing such catastrophic outbreaks of infectious disease. Yet despite a century of medical progress, viral and bacterial disasters continue to take us by surprise, inciting panic and dominating news cycles. In The Pandemic Century, a lively account of scares both infamous and less known, medical historian Mark Honigsbaum combines reportage with the history of science and medical sociology to artfully reconstruct epidemiological mysteries and the ecology of infectious diseases. We meet dedicated disease detectives, obstructive or incompetent public health officials, and brilliant scientists often blinded by their own knowledge of bacteria and viruses -- and see how fear of disease often exacerbates racial, religious, and ethnic tensions. Now with a new chapter and updated epilogue on coronavirus.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Honigsbaum, M. (2020). The pandemic century: one hundred years of panic, hysteria, and hubris (Norton paperback [edition].). WW Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Honigsbaum, Mark. 2020. The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris. WW Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Honigsbaum, Mark. The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris WW Norton & Company, 2020.

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Honigsbaum, Mark. The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris Norton paperback [edition]., WW Norton & Company, 2020.

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