Best History Books about Epidemics

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De l'inégalité parmi les sociétés
de Jared Diamond
24,986 membres
376 critiques
4.1
8 Members
brewergirl, DaynaRT, Helcura, norabelle414, stellarexplorer, nessreader, FemmeNoiresque, John_Vaughan,eromsted
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And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
de Randy Shilts
2,915 membres
63 critiques
½ 4.4
6 Members
lilithcat, ABVR, eromsted, ijustgetbored, nessreader, FemmeNoiresque
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Plagues and People
de William H. McNeill
1,878 membres
20 critiques
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5 Members
brewergirl, jjwilson61, ABVR, eromsted, stellarexplorer
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King Death: The Black Death and its Aftermath in Late-Medieval England
de Colin Platt
111 membres
3 critiques
3.1
2 Members
lilithcat, SylviaC
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An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
de Jim Murphy
1,259 membres
91 critiques
4
2 Members
Helcura, John_Vaughan
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The Black Death
de Philip Ziegler
1,311 membres
13 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
nessreader, bluepiano
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Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82
de Elizabeth A. Fenn
591 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
brewergirl, eromsted
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Rats, Lice and History
de Hans Zinsser
629 membres
11 critiques
4.1
2 Members
eromsted, stellarexplorer
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The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866
de Charles E. Rosenberg
201 membres
6 critiques
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2 Members
ABVR, eromsted
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Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe
de William Rosen
995 membres
39 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
nessreader
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Disease: The Extraordinary Stories Behind History's Deadliest Killers
de Mary Dobson
258 membres
1 critique
4.2
Member
Luchtpint
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Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World
de Laura Spinney
674 membres
34 critiques
3.9
Member
nessreader
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The Day of St. Anthony's Fire
de John G. Fuller
82 membres
2 critiques
4
Member
bluepiano
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The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
de Laurie Garrett
1,741 membres
27 critiques
4.1
Member
stellarexplorer
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Pandemics: A Very Short Introduction
de Christian W. McMillen
73 membres
1 critique
3.8
Member
timspalding
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The Demon in the Freezer: A True Story
de Richard Preston
1,723 membres
44 critiques
3.9
Member
Helcura
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The Black Death: Natural and Human Disaster in Medieval Europe
de Robert S. Gottfried
387 membres
6 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
eromsted
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The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age
de Nathan Wolfe
289 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
stellarexplorer
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The Burdens of Disease: Epidemics and Human Response in Western History
de J.N. Hays
63 membres
½ 3.5
Member
eromsted
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Le mal de Naples. Histoire de la syphilis
de Claude Quétel
50 membres
½ 2.5
Member
eromsted