EAN: 9781471169908

FOREIGN BODIES - SIMON SCHAMA KARTONIERT (TB)

A new and vibrant cultural history  investigating the tangled and complex history of pandemics
and vaccines  by bestselling author and historian Simon Schama. With the devastating effects of
Covid-19 still rattling the foundations of our global civilization  we live in unprecedented
times - or so we might think. But pandemics have been a constant presence throughout human
history  as humans and disease live side by side. Over the centuries  our ability to react to
these sweeping killers has evolved  most notably through the development of vaccines. The story
of disease eradication  however  has never been one of simply science - it is political 
cultural and deeply personal. Ranging across continents and centuries  Schama unpacks the
stories of the often unknown individuals whose pioneering work changed the face of modern
healthcare. Questioning why the occurrence of pandemics appears to be accelerating alarming  he
looks into our impact on the natural world  and how that in turn is impacting us. And
interrogates how geopolitics has had an often devastating effect on global health.
Inspirational and tragic in turn  these are stories of success and failure  of collaboration
and of persecution  as humanity struggles to work together in the face of one of our most
deadly shared enemies: the pandemic.

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