Plagues in the Nation: How Epidemics Shaped America

by Polly J Price and Polly J. Price

Book Overview

Sheds light on the US government's response to epidemics through history--with larger conclusions about COVID-19 and reforms needed before the next plague.

In this narrative history of the US through major outbreaks of contagious disease, from yellow fever to the Spanish flu, from HIV/AIDS to Ebola, Polly J. Price examines how law and government affected the outcome of epidemics--and how those outbreaks in turn shaped our government...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807043494
• ISBN13: 9780807043493
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"