A History of the World in Six Plagues

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A History of the World in Six Plagues

Edna Bonhomme / English / 2025 / 320 pages

What do epidemics tell us about our society? This powerful book takes six epidemics - from cholera to COVID-19 - as a starting point to revisit questions of power, inequality and exclusion. It combines history, cultural critique, biography and memoir into a multi-layered analysis and shows how colonialism, racism, gender and class shape our experiences of illness. Inspired by voices such as Susan Sontag and Toni Morrison, the result is a multi-layered, penetrating perspective on global contexts that inspires further reflection.

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Author: Edna Bonhomme
Publisher: Atria/One Signal Publishers
Year: 2025
Language: English
Pages: 320
ISBN: 978-1982197834