Foreign Bodies: The Terror Of Contagion Ingenuity Science Simon Schama Schuster Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία History General Issues

‘This Splendid And Often Moving Work Of History… Schama Has A Gift For Combining Novelistically Colourful Detail Serious Analysis Wryly Amusing Asides’ Daily Telegraph ‘Superb’ Observer ‘Extraordinary… Meticulous Retelling Terrible Yet Scientifically Innovative Period… Makes An Urgent Case Building Better Future On Our Toxic Past’ Guardian Is History The Best Sort – Humanly Engaged But Never Sentimental’ Mail Sunday Cities Countries Engulfed By Panic Death Desperate Vaccines Fearful What Inoculation May Bring This World Just Gone Through With Covid-19 As Simon Shows In His Epic Vulnerable Humanity Caught Between Terror Contagion Ingenuity Science It Happened Before Characteristically Message Delivered Gripping Page-Turning Stories Set Eighteenth Nineteenth Centuries: Smallpox Strikes London Cholera Hits Paris Plague Comes To India Threading Scenes Suffering Hope Hospitals Prisons Palaces Slums Are Unforgettable Cast Characters: Philosopher-Playwright Burning Up Country Chateau Vaccinating Doctor Paying House Calls Halifax Woman South Driving Her Inoculator-Carriage Stricken Streets Dead Monkeys Drop From Trees We Also Labs When Great Life-Saving Breakthroughs Happen Hong Kong Mumbai At Heart All Unsung Hero: Waldemar Haffkine Gun-Toting Jewish Student Odesa Turned Microbiologist Pasteur Institute Hailed England ‘The Saviour Mankind’ Millions Against Bubonic British While Being Cold-Shouldered Medical Establishment Raj Creator World’s First Mass Production Line He Tragically Brought Down Act Shocking Injustice Foreign Bodies Crosses Borders East West Asia Europe Worlds Rich Poor Politics Its Thrilling Story Carries Credo Author Interconnectedness Nature Powerful People Ultimately Says Face Challenges Times Together ‘There No Foreigners Only Familiars’ Σελίδες: 480 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0229 Διαστάσεις: 13X13Cm