History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19 Western is shadowed in body

Western is shadowed in body and spirit--by men with badges

telling their own stories in bold

she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers

Knapp draws us into the story of one family

" - Jodi Picoult

History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19 Western is shadowed in bodyA deeply reported, insightful, and literary account of humankind's battles with epidemic disease, and their outsized role in deepening inequality along racial, ethnic, class, and gender lines in the vein of Medical Apartheid and Killing the Black Body. Epidemic diseases enter the world by chance, but they become catastrophic by human design. With clear eyed research and lush prose, A History of the World in Six Plagues shows that throughout history,