Phantom plague : how tuberculosis shaped history
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Published
New York, NY : Public Affairs, 2022.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781541768468, 1541768469
Physical Desc
viii, 300 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Morris County Library - Adult Nonfiction
616.995 KRI
1 available
616.995 KRI
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Published
New York, NY : Public Affairs, 2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781541768468, 1541768469
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
The definitive social history of tuberculosis, from its origins as a haunting mystery to its modern reemergence that now threatens populations around the world. It killed novelist George Orwell, Eleanor Roosevelt, and millions of others -- rich and poor. Desmond Tutu, Amitabh Bachchan, and Nelson Mandela survived it, just. For centuries, tuberculosis has ravaged cities and plagued the human body. In Phantom Plague, Vidya Krishnan, traces the history of tuberculosis from the slums of 19th-century New York to modern Mumbai. In a narrative spanning century, Krishnan shows how superstition and folk-remedies, made way for scientific understanding of TB, such that it was controlled and cured in the West. The cure was never available to black and brown nations. And the tuberculosis bacillus showed a remarkable ability to adapt -- so that at the very moment it could have been extinguished as a threat to humanity, it found a way back, aided by authoritarian government, toxic kindness of philanthropists, science denialism and medical apartheid. Krishnan's original reporting paints a granular portrait of the post-antibiotic era as a new, aggressive, drug resistant strain of TB takes over. Phantom Plague is an urgent, riveting and fascinating narrative that deftly exposes the weakest links in our battle against this ancient foe.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Krishnan, V. (2022). Phantom plague: how tuberculosis shaped history (First edition.). Public Affairs.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Krishnan, Vidya. 2022. Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History. Public Affairs.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Krishnan, Vidya. Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History Public Affairs, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Krishnan, Vidya. Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History First edition., Public Affairs, 2022.
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