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Epidemics and Society
A “brilliant and sobering” (Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal) look at the history and human costs of pandemic outbreaksAs seen on “60 Minutes” The World Economic Forum #1 book to …
Epidemics and Society
As seen on “60 Minutes”: a “brilliant and sobering” (Paul Kennedy, Wall Street Journal) look at the history and human costs of pandemic outbreaksThe World Economic Forum #1 book to …
The Conquest of Malaria
At the outset of the twentieth century, malaria was Italy’s major public health problem. It was the cause of low productivity, poverty, and economic backwardness, while it also …
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume I
In the 1960s, art patron Dominique de Menil founded an image archive showing the ways that people of African descent have been represented in Western art. Highlights from her …
Global Challenge Of Malaria, The: Past Lessons And Future Prospects
Malaria is one of the most important "e;emerging"e; or "e;resurgent"e; infectious diseases. According to the World Health Organization, this mosquito-borne …
Violence and the Great Estates in the South of Italy
Until Italian unification, vast areas of Apulia were an uninhabited sheep walk. In the late nineteenth century this frontier area was settled and agro-business established. In the …
Global Challenge Of Malaria, The: Past Lessons And Future Prospects
Malaria is one of the most important “emerging” or “resurgent” infectious diseases. According to the World Health Organization, this mosquito-borne infection is a leading cause of …
Naples in the Time of Cholera, 1884–1911
This is a medical and social history of Italy’s largest city during the cholera epidemics of 1884 and 1910–11. It explores the factors that exposed Naples to risk; it examines such …
Blacks in Antiquity
The Africans who came to ancient Greece and Italy participated in an important chapter of classical history. Although evidence indicated that the alien dark- and black-skinned …
Before Color Prejudice
In this richly illustrated account of black–white contacts from the Pharaohs to the Caesars, Frank Snowden demonstrates that the ancients did not discriminate against blacks …
Conquest of Malaria
At the outset of the twentieth century, malaria was Italy’s major public health problem. It was the cause of low productivity, poverty, and economic backwardness, while it also …