大流行时代（1817-1920）：它们如何塑造印度和世界（AZW3）

从封锁到封锁，从病毒到疫苗接种，从人的流动到大便的流动，从老鼠到猫，等等，《大流行时代》记录了霍乱、鼠疫和流感大流行的许多方面。在1817年至1920年间，霍乱、鼠疫和流感大流行夺走了7000多万人的生命，印度是所有这些事件的中心。
这本书认为，从19世纪初到20世纪初的这段时期——这个以工业革命、帝国主义和全球化在世界范围内蔓延而闻名的时代——也是“流行病时代”。它记录了灾难的规模、可能的原因和后果，以及人们面对这些流行病的韧性。
该书还提供2019冠状病毒疾病的全球第一次全面报道，该报告在短时间内降临到一个国家——1918印度的流感大流行中，夺取了比第一次世界大战中所有战斗人员伤亡更多的生命，并显示了从那些时代学习以应对当代挑战，如COVID-19的持续相关性。
The Age Of Pandemics (1817-1920): How They Shaped India and the World (AZW3)
From lockdowns to lockups, viruses to vaccination, the movement of people to the movement of bowels, from rats to cats, and more, The Age of Pandemics chronicles the many facets of the cholera, plague and influenza pandemics, which claimed over 70 million lives between 1817 and 1920, with India being the epicentre in all these episodes.
The book argues that the period between the early nineteenth century to the early twentieth century – an age otherwise known for the worldwide spread of the industrial revolution, imperialism and globalization – was also the ‘age of pandemics’. It documents the scale of devastation, the likely causes and consequences, and the resilience with which people faced those pandemics.
The book also provides the first comprehensive coverage of the world’s greatest demographic disaster ever to descend upon a country in a short period of time – the influenza pandemic in India in 1918, which claimed more lives than all the battle casualties of World War I. And it shows the continuing relevance of learning from those times to tackle contemporary challenges, such as COVID-19.

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