TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kenny,Charles
TI  - The plague cycle: the unending war between humanity and infectious disease 
SN  - 9781982165338
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Scribner, 
KW  - Epidemics
KW  - History
KW  - Communicable diseases
KW  - Diseases and history
KW  - Sociological aspects
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-290) and index; Malthus's ultimate weapon -- Civilization and the rise of infection -- Trade merges disease pools -- Pestilence conquers -- The exclusion instinct -- Cleaning up -- Salvation by needle -- It's good to get closer -- The revenge of infection? -- Abusing our best defenses -- Flattening the plague cycle -- Conclusion: Humanity's greatest victory
N2  - This history of mankind's battles against infectious diseases looks at how epidemics shaped empires and economies and how medical revolutions freed us from these cycles until new threats caused by changes in global trade and climate
ER  -