Rats, Lice and History: The Classic Account of Infectious Disease and Human History

From the pestilence which contributed to the downfall of Rome to the dancing manias of medieval Europe, the aristocracy’s fashion for wearing wigs and the role of typhus in the First World War, Hans Zinsser reveals just how disease and epidemics have shaped human history.

• | Author: Hans Zinsser
• | Publisher: Duckworth Books
• | Publication Date: Aug 10, 2017
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781911440895
• | ISBN-10: 1911440896