Der Arzt und Historiker Leopold Öhler schildert die "laidige Contagion", wie die Pest auch genannt wurde, er erzählt vom Alltag während der Pestzeit, den Schwierigkeiten bei der Lebensmittelbeschaffung, der medizinischen Versorgung und den menschlichen Tragödien.
A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern ageIn 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its neighbours.
A wide-ranging and dramatic account of the Antonine plague, the mysterious disease that struck the Roman Empire at its pinnacleIn the middle of the second century AD, Rome was at its prosperous and powerful apex.
The study of pre-modern anthropology requires the close examination of the relationship between nature and human society, which has been both precarious and threatening as well as productive, soothing, inviting, and pleasurable.
This volume sheds light on the social and cultural transformations that accompanied the Covid-19 crisis by looking at health and biopolitics from a philosophical and literary perspective.
Read the devastating story of the Spanish flu - the twentieth century's greatest killer and discover what it can teach us about the current Covid-19 pandemic.
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history' Bill Gates'Easily our fullest, richest, most panoramic history of the subject' New York Times Book ReviewIn 1918, the world faced the deadliest pandemic in human history.
"e;A tour de force"e; - New York Times Book Review"e;Ambitious, finely detailed and compulsively readable"e; - Locus"e;It is a book that feels fundamentally true; it is a book to live in"e; - Washington PostFor Kivrin Engle, preparing an on-site study of one of the deadliest eras in humanity's history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the fourteenth century and inventing a bullet-proof backstory.
'The most reliable and comprehensive account of the Great Plague that we possess' Anthony Burgess In 1665 the plague swept through London, claiming over 97,000 lives.
A remarkable collection of 'Covid Chronicles' -- stories from lockdown sent in from listeners to BBC Radio 4 -- making a deeply moving people's history of the pandemic.
From the bestselling, Booker-shortlisted chronicler of Italy, a classic novel about a man's emotional reckoning in a changed world far from homeFrank's reclusive existence in a leafy part of London is shattered when he is summoned to Milan for the funeral of an old friend.
DIE PEST: EINE SPANNENDE KULTURGESCHICHTEMit "Die Pest in Wien" liefert Hilde Schmölzer eine spannende Kulturgeschichte zum Staunen und Kopfschütteln: Fundiert und fesselnd erzählt sie von den großen Pestzeiten in Wien vom Mittelalter bis zur Neuzeit und erinnert an die katastrophalen Auswirkungen, die die Seuche auf Österreich und ganz Europa hatte.
Durant mil·lennis una humanitat molt vulnerable ha hagut d'enfrontar-se a enemics com la pobresa, la fam, la brutícia, les infeccions, la intolerància, la violència, els tractaments mèdics erronis…Des d'una mirada universal i humanista, el metge Jordi Varela narra la llarga lluita dels humans per assolir una bona salut i per evitar tot allò que ha amenaçat la nostra vida.
A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAROne of our most scintillating public intellectuals explores the political paradoxes of the pandemic and helps us think our way through it'We are able to imagine anything because we are being besieged by something that was considered unimaginable.
Welcome to London in lockdown - in 1665This timely release of a year in the life of London's greatest diarist comes with an introduction by bestselling author, Max Hastings.
'There is no aspect of Victorian death that does not make it into Judith Flanders's latest investigation into 19th-century life' - The Sunday Times'Flanders writes with sharp intelligence and first-class scholarly attention to detail' - The TelegraphIn Rites of Passage, acclaimed historian Judith Flanders deconstructs the intricate, fascinating, and occasionally - to modern eyes - bizarre customs that grew up around death and mourning in Victorian Britain.
'A terrific book about a terrifying subject by the best historian of Russia working today' - Michael Burleigh, author of The Third ReichIn Blood on the Snow, Robert Service returns to the subject that has formed the backbone of his long and distinguished career: the Russian Revolution.
Martin Stauber, ein nicht minder begabter Freund des Astronomen und Mathematikers Johannes Kepler, ist von frühester Jugend von allem Lebendigen fasziniert.
Welcome to London in lockdown - in 1665This timely re-release of Defoe's classic comes with an introduction by Wellcome-Prize-winning author, Will Eaves.
'Atmospheric and fascinating' - Hilary Mantel Shortlisted for the McKitterick Prize and winner of the Medical Journalists' - Association Open Book AwardIn the winter of 1790, a mysterious and deadly disease strikes the unsuspecting town of Aberdeen.
Este volumen se centra en la comprensión y explicación de los efectos que tuvieron las epidemias en las parroquias del obispado de Guadalajara durante el primer tercio del siglo XIX, con el objeto de mostrar el impacto diferenciado durante la transición entre la época colonial y el periodo independiente.
