Until Proven Safe - The gripping history of quarantine, from Black Death to post Covid

A riveting, thought-provoking and very timely account of the idea and the reality of quarantine around the world, examining not only the history but the implications of a system that our lives rely on.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Geoff Manaugh is the author of the New York Times-bestselling book A Burglar’s Guide to the City, as well as the architecture and technology website BLDGBLOG. He regularly writes for New York Times Magazine, Atlantic, The New Yorker, Wired, and many other publications.

Nicola Twilley is cohost of the award-winning podcast Gastropod, which looks at food through the lens of history and science, and a frequent contributor to The New Yorker.

Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley live in Los Angeles and are the co-authors of Until Proven Safe.

Zusammenfassung

A riveting, thought-provoking and very timely account of the idea and the reality of quarantine around the world, examining not only the history but the implications of a system that our lives rely on.

Vorwort

A riveting, thought-provoking and very timely account of the idea and the reality of quarantine around the world, examining not only the history but the implications of a system that our lives rely on.

Zusatztext

Strap on your plague beaks and round up the loose women! In this intrepid, occasionally creepy jaunt through seven centuries of disease control, Twilley and Manaugh prove that the past is never dead; it’s just in quarantine.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Geof Manaugh, Geoff Manaugh, MANAUGH GEOFF, Nicola Twilley
• Verlag: Picador Uk
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781509867431
• ISBN: 978-1-5098-6743-1
• Seiten: 416
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 197 mm x 27 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Neuzeit bis 1918; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Allgemeines; Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Gesellschaft; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Human Rights, MEDICAL / Ethics, HISTORY / Modern / General, Social & cultural history, MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases, MEDICAL / Infection Control, Infectious & contagious diseases, Social and cultural history, Human rights, civil rights, History: plagues, diseases etc, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, Infectious and contagious diseases