Plague
Subtitle: A Story of Rivalry, Science, and the Scourge That Won't Go Away
Edition: 1st American ed edition
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
Published: March 3, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780805066807
Subjects: Modern - 19th Century; Science; Life Sciences - Bacteriology; History; Medical / Nursing; Political Freedom & Security - Terrorism; Science/Mathematics; Plague; History / General; Diseases; 19th century; China; Hong Kong (Special Administrat; Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region)
First sentence: NO DISEASE IN RECORDED HISTORY CARRIED THE TOTEMIC power of plaque.