| Edition |
First edition. |
| Descript |
396 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-377) and index. |
| Contents |
The coming quarantine -- The quarantine tourist -- Postmarks from the edge -- An extraordinary power -- Alone together -- Biology at the border -- A million years of isolation -- All the planets, all the time -- Algorithms of quarantine -- Until proven safe. |
| Summary |
"Journalists Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley explore the history and future of quarantine, from the Black Death to Big Data"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Quarantine -- History.
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Epidemics -- History.
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COVID-19 (Disease) -- History.
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| Alt Author |
Twilley, Nicola, 1978- author.
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9780374126582 (hardcover) |
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0374126585 (hardcover) |
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