Edna Bonhomme’s frank, timely A History of the World in Six Plagues reveals how infectious diseases have been leveraged by colonialism and capitalism.
One Signal
9781982197834
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One Signal
9781982197834
Edna Bonhomme’s frank, timely A History of the World in Six Plagues reveals how infectious diseases have been leveraged by colonialism and capitalism.
As a child in 1988, Edna Bonhomme caught typhoid fever, and she was confined in Miami’s Jackson Hospital for several weeks. The sense of alienation from her family, friends and community has stayed with her for decades and is redolent in A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped…
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