Simon Schama's history of 18th and 19th century disease outbreaks speaks powerfully to the present.
| Autor: | Stewart-Peters, Ella |
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| Zdroj: | Conversation (Conversation Media Group Ltd); 9/3/2023, p6-6, 1p |
| Abstrakt: | In Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health ofNations, Simon Schama illustrates that this is about as far fromthe truth as possible. Schama'sreflections on the ways people reacted to outbreaks of cholera,plague and smallpox show that we have never truly lost oursuspicion of the "other", nor have we grasped the notion thathumanity generally brings these pandemics upon itself. [Extracted from the article] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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