World Epidemics: A Cultural Chronology of Disease from Prehistory to the Era of Zika, 2d ed.

by Mary Ellen Snodgrass (Author), Mary Ellen Snodgrass (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2018

  $68.63

  The second edition of World Epidemics extends coverage of a wide range of global sickness from 2700 BC to 2017. Arranged chronologically, entries summarize the history of incidents of contagion across the globe. Citations from personal and public documents accompany a map, comparative charts of types of infection, and estimated populations affected by each epidemic flesh out history with details.