01629cam a2200301Ii 4500001001300000003000600013007000300019008004100022020003100063020002800094035006000122060002200182100002000204245009900224250003100323260003500354300002400389504006700413505034900480520023800829650002401067650003601091650004901127655001901176942001201195952010701207999001301314on1231455768OCoLCta210309s2021    nyua   e b    001 0 eng d  a9781982165338q(hardcover)  a1982165332q(hardcover)  a(OCoLC)1231455768z(OCoLC)1162988204z(OCoLC)1200762968  aWA11.1b.K46 20211 aKenny, Charles.14aThe plague cycle :bthe unending war between humanity and infectious disease /cCharles Kenny.  a1st Scribner hardcover ed.  aNew York : bScribner, c2021.  axiv, 304 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 241-290) and index.0 aMalthus's ultimate weapon -- Civilization and the rise of infection -- Trade merges disease pools -- Pestilence conquers -- The exclusion instinct -- Cleaning up -- Salvation by needle -- It's good to get closer -- The revenge of infection? -- Abusing our best defenses -- Flattening the plague cycle -- Conclusion: Humanity's greatest victory.  aThis history of mankind's battles against infectious diseases looks at how epidemics shaped empires and economies and how medical revolutions freed us from these cycles until new threats caused by changes in global trade and climate. 4aEpidemicsxHistory. 4aCommunicable diseasesxHistory. 4aDiseases and history xSociological aspects. 7aHistory.2fast  2nlmcBK  00104070aPNLIBbPNLIBcGENd2021-06-17oWA11.1 .K46 2021pPNLIB21060649r2021-06-17w2021-06-17yBK  c835d835