{"product_id":"the-plague-cycle-the-unending-war-between-humanity-and-infectious-disease-paperback","title":"The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Kenny\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vivid, sweeping, and \"fact-filled\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) history of mankind's battles with infectious disease that \"contextualizes the COVID-19 pandemic\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e)--for readers of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers Yuval Harari's \u003ci\u003eSapiens \u003c\/i\u003eand John Barry's \u003ci\u003eThe Great Influenza\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor four thousand years, the size and vitality of cities, economies, and empires were heavily determined by infection. Striking humanity in waves, the cycle of plagues set the tempo of civilizational growth and decline, since common response to the threat was exclusion--quarantining the sick or keeping them out. But the unprecedented hygiene and medical revolutions of the past two centuries have allowed humanity to free itself from the hold of epidemic cycles--resulting in an urbanized, globalized, and unimaginably wealthy world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHowever, our development has lately become precarious. Climate and population fluctuations and factors such as global trade have left us more vulnerable than ever to newly emerging plagues. Greater global cooperation toward sustainable health is urgently required--such as the international efforts to manufacture and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine--with millions of lives and trillions of dollars at stake. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A timely, lucid look at the role of pandemics in history\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Plague Cycle\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the relationship between civilization, globalization, prosperity, and infectious disease over the past five millennia. It harnesses history, economics, and public health, and charts humanity's remarkable progress, providing a fascinating and astute look at the cyclical nature of infectious disease.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Kenny is a writer-researcher at the Center for Global Development and has worked on policy reforms in global health as well as UN peacekeeping and combating international financial corruption. Previously, he spent fifteen years as an economist at the World Bank, travelling the planet from Baghdad and Kabul to Brasilia and Beijing. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGetting Better: Why Global Development Is Succeeding and How We Can Improve the World Even More, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Upside of Down: Why the Rise of the Rest Is Great for the West\u003c\/i\u003e. He earned a history degree at Cambridge and has graduate degrees from Johns Hopkins, the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, and Cambridge\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.38 x 5.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47739343339779,"sku":"9781982165345","price":101.77,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/9310\/7359\/files\/STZQc1dudVJJb01FbzBRb1Q2NXNPdz09.webp?v=1771044695","url":"https:\/\/annizon.com\/en-ae\/products\/the-plague-cycle-the-unending-war-between-humanity-and-infectious-disease-paperback","provider":"annizon.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}