History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19 and by the threat of

and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building

changed life in Cincinnati

Ariel is a liberal Zionist who is critical of the military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza

caring concern for the least and most vulnerable

as he becomes a BIG brother

History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to Covid-19 and by the threat ofA deeply reported, insightful, and literary account of humankind's battles with epidemic disease, and their outsized role in deepening inequality along racial, ethnic, class, and gender lines in the vein of Medical Apartheid and Killing the Black Body. Epidemic diseases enter the world by chance, but they become catastrophic by human design. With clear eyed research and lush prose, A History of the World in Six Plagues shows that throughout history,