Rats, Lice and History. The Classic Account of Infectious Disease and Human History, Paperback/Hans Zinsser

From the pestilence which contributed to the downfall of Rome to the dancing manias of medieval Europe, the aristocracy's fashion for wearing wigs and the role of typhus in the First World War, Hans Zinsser reveals just how disease and epidemics have shaped human history. Publisher: Prelude Books Author(s): Hans Zinsser Number of pages: 320 Collection: Prelude Science Classics Publication date: 2017 Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 22 Cover type: Paperback / softback