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Why the news about the global decline of infectious diseases is not all good.

Plagues and the Paradox of Progress

Why the World Is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways

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    280 pages

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    1 October 2019

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Summary

Why the news about the global decline of infectious diseases is not all good.Plagues and parasites have played a central role in world affairs, shaping the evolution of the modern state, the growth of cities, and the disparate fortunes of national economies. This book tells that story, but it is not about the resurgence of pestilence. It is the story of its decline. For the first time in recorded history, virus, bacteria, and other infectious diseases are not the leading cause of death or dis…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262537964
ISBN-10:0262537966
Author:Thomas J. Bollyky
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:280
Release Date:1 October 2019
Weight:372g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm x 19mm
Series:The MIT Press
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Critics Review

A thought-provoking book that should be required reading for anyone working in public health or public policy arenas.

—Library Journal

A thoughtful reminder of the social, economic and political complexities inherent in sustainable public health.

—Nature

A remarkable new book.

—Financial Times

A remarkable new book.

—Financial Times

[This book] brings to the task a remarkable command of history, science, technology, medicine, public health, and political science. Bollyky combines his scholarship with an unusually fluid, writing style that invites readers to read more. In mapping his many ‘worries’, Bollyky carefully treads a middle path between pessimism and optimism.

—The Lancet

Plagues and the Paradox of Progress provides a smart warning about our future without discounting the successes of our past.

—Health Affairs

The book is beautifully written, packed with great one liners and historical anecdotes.

—OXFAM

About The Author

Thomas J. Bollyky

Thomas J. Bollyky is the Director of the Global Health Program at the Council on Foreign Relations and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University.

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