Rats, lice and history

being a study in biography, which, after twelve preliminary chapters indispensable for the preparation of the lay reader, deals with the life history of typhus fever ...

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Hans Zinsser: Rats, lice and history (1963, Printed and published for the Atlantic Monthly Press by Little, Brown, and Company)

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English kalba

Publikuota 1963 m. liepos 23 d., Printed and published for the Atlantic Monthly Press by Little, Brown, and Company.

OCLC numeris:
2452553

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My review of 'Rats, Lice and History'

2 žvaigždutės

While the whole 'yet another diversion' is funny, it gets tired after a while. Some interesting bits, a few good observations about his own times and experiences,but ultimately dated and not all that interesting to me.

Temos

  • Typhus fever
  • Epidemics -- History
  • Lice
  • Rats as carriers of disease