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Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Viking Pr
Publication date
May 10, 2007
Pages
367
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780670038558
ISBN-10
0670038555
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.30 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$27.95
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Traces the summer 542 bubonic plague pandemic that daily killed 5,000 people in Constantinople and nearly ended the life of the emperor Justinian, in an account that traces how the outbreak had a significant impact on period military strategy, economics, and medicine.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Viking Pr (May 10, 2007)
9780670038558 | details & prices | 367 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $27.95
About: Weaving together evolutionary microbiology, economics, military strategy, ecology, and ancient and modern medicine, author Rosen tells of history's first pandemic--a plague seven centuries before the Black Death that killed tens of millions, devastated the empires of Persia and Rome, left victims from Ireland to Iraq, and opened the way for the armies of Islam.
About: Weaving together evolutionary microbiology, economics, military strategy, ecology, and ancient and modern medicine, author Rosen tells of history's first pandemic--a plague seven centuries before the Black Death that killed tens of millions, devastated the empires of Persia and Rome, left victims from Ireland to Iraq, and opened the way for the armies of Islam.
from Vintage Uk (May 3, 2007)
9780224073691 | details & prices | 367 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.62 lbs | List price $36.05
About: In the middle of the sixth century, the world's smallest organism collided with the world's mightiest empire.
About: In the middle of the sixth century, the world's smallest organism collided with the world's mightiest empire.
Paperback
from Vintage Uk (May 1, 2008); titled "Justinian's Flea: Plague, Empire and the Birth of Europe"
9781844137442 | details & prices | 384 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $27.05
CD/Spoken Word
With Barrett Whitener (other contributor) |
Mp3 una edition from Tantor Media Inc (June 1, 2007)
9781400153855 | details & prices | 6.50 × 6.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.22 lbs | List price $24.99
About: Examines the summer 542 A.
About: Examines the summer 542 A.
With Barrett Whitener (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Tantor Media Inc (May 1, 2007)
9781400103850 | details & prices | 5.25 × 6.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $37.99
About: Examines the summer 542 A.
About: Examines the summer 542 A.
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