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Outbreak Plagues That Changed History: Plagues That Changed History
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Bryn Barnard
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House Childrens Books
Publication date
November 8, 2005
Pages
48
Binding
Library
Book category
Juvenile Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780375929861
ISBN-10
037592986X
Dimensions
0.50 by 9.50 by 12.50 in.
Weight
1.20 lbs.
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Out of Print
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$19.99
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juvenile
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Summary
Explores how major medical events and plagues impacted society and forever changed the course of history, including a review of the black plague and its affects on the feudal system and yellow fever and its impact on the slave trade. By the author of Dangerous Planet: Natural Disasters That Changed History.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Did the Black Death destroy the feudal system? Did cholera pave the way for modern Manhattan? Did yellow fever help end the slave trade? Remarkably, the answer to all of these questions is yes. Time and again, diseases have impacted the course of human history in surprisingly powerful ways. From influenza to small pox, from tuberculosis to yellow fever, Bryn Barnard describes the symptoms and paths of the worldâs worst diseasesâand how the epidemics they spawned have changed history forever.
Highlighted with vivid and meticulously researched illustrations, Outbreak is a fascinating look at the hidden world of microbesâand how this world shapes human destiny every day.
From the Hardcover edition.
Highlighted with vivid and meticulously researched illustrations, Outbreak is a fascinating look at the hidden world of microbesâand how this world shapes human destiny every day.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Library
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from Random House Childrens Books (November 8, 2005)
9780375929861 | details & prices | 48 pages | 9.50 × 12.50 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 3-4 | 1.20 lbs | List price $19.99
About: Explores how major medical events and plagues impacted society and forever changed the course of history, including a review of the black plague and its effects on the feudal system and yellow fever and its impact on the slave trade.
About: Explores how major medical events and plagues impacted society and forever changed the course of history, including a review of the black plague and its effects on the feudal system and yellow fever and its impact on the slave trade.
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