{"product_id":"phantom-plague-how-tuberculosis-shaped-history-hardcover","title":"Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVidya Krishnan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarvard Public Health Magazine, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBest Public Health Books and Journalism of 2022\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive social history of tuberculosis, from its origins as a haunting mystery to its modern reemergence that now threatens populations around the world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It killed novelist George Orwell, Eleanor Roosevelt, and millions of others - rich and poor. Desmond Tutu, Amitabh Bachchan, and Nelson Mandela survived it, just. For centuries, tuberculosis has ravaged cities and plagued the human body. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePhantom Plague\u003c\/i\u003e, Vidya Krishnan, traces the history of tuberculosis from the slums of 19th-century New York to modern Mumbai. In a narrative spanning century, Krishnan shows how superstition and folk-remedies, made way for scientific understanding of TB, such that it was controlled and cured in the West. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The cure was never available to black and brown nations. And the tuberculosis bacillus showed a remarkable ability to adapt - so that at the very moment it could have been extinguished as a threat to humanity, it found a way back, aided by authoritarian government, toxic kindness of philanthropists, science denialism and medical apartheid. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Krishnan's original reporting paints a granular portrait of the post-antibiotic era as a new, aggressive, drug resistant strain of TB takes over. \u003ci\u003ePhantom Plague\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgent, riveting and fascinating narrative that deftly exposes the weakest links in our battle against this ancient foe.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVidya Krishnan\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning journalist who has been reporting on medical science for the last twenty years. She has written for the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic, the LA Times, and The Caravan.\u003c\/i\u003e She was a 2020-2021 Neiman Fellow at Harvard University.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767293575456,"sku":"9781541768468","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0b779af6c4cbae36b87002434617882d.webp?v=1780308439","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/phantom-plague-how-tuberculosis-shaped-history-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}