Epidemic and society. From black death to the latest viruses. Snowden F.

This is an exciting story about how epidemic diseases have influenced the development of our civilization, social structure, the course of history, as well as our ideas about the beautiful and disgusting, about life and death, about our own capabilities and their limits.

It’s not easy to believe in this, but today the main language of communication in North America could well be French, not English, if the yellow fever virus had not intervened. Modern cities would have looked completely different if the cholera vibrion did not take a direct part in their reconstruction, and the tuberculosis stick did not integrate the interior design. And probably, in the world today there would be much more nations, languages ​​and cultures, if not for the measles and pigs that sailed from the shores of Europe along with the discoverers of the New Age era. But the main thing is that right now, pathogens are formed somewhere that can change the image of the future that we draw to ourselves, beyond recognition.

Frank Snowden invites readers to look at the vast heritage left by infectious diseases, and soberly evaluate the measure of responsibility Our society for past and upcoming epidemic disasters.

First of all, the book will be interesting to those whose professional interests lie in the field of medicine and protection of public health, as well as urbanism. Those who are interested in cultural studies, history and sociology. Those who are interested in the issues of epidemiology and the reaction of society to such events in connection with the pandemia Covid-19.