Plague, pestilence and pandemic : voices from history
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Contributors
Furtado, Peter, editor.
Published
New York : Thames & Hudson, 2021.
ISBN
9780500296134, 0500296138
Physical Desc
335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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ROYAL CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
614.49 PLAGUE
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614.49 PLAGUE
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WENATCHEE PUBLIC LIBRARY
614.49 PLAGUE
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614.49 PLAGUE
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Published
New York : Thames & Hudson, 2021.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780500296134, 0500296138
Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-323) and index.
Description
"Plague, pestilence, and pandemics have been a part of the human story from the beginning and have been reflected in art and writing at every turn. Humankind has always struggled with illness; and the experiences of different cities and countries have been compared and connected for thousands of years. Many great authors have published their eyewitness accounts and survivor stories of the great contagions of the past. When the great Muslim traveler Ibn Battuta visited Damascus in 1348 during the great plague, which went on to kill half of the population, he wrote about everything he saw. He reported, "God lightened their affliction; for the number of deaths in a single day at Damascus did not attain 2,000, while in Cairo it reached the figure of 24,000 a day." From the plagues of ancient Egypt recorded in Genesis to those like the Black Death that ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages, and from the Spanish flu of 1918 to the Covid-19 pandemic in our own century, this anthology contains fascinating accounts."--
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Furtado, P. (2021). Plague, pestilence and pandemic: voices from history . Thames & Hudson.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Furtado, Peter. 2021. Plague, Pestilence and Pandemic: Voices From History. Thames & Hudson.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Furtado, Peter. Plague, Pestilence and Pandemic: Voices From History Thames & Hudson, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Furtado, Peter. Plague, Pestilence and Pandemic: Voices From History Thames & Hudson, 2021.
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