Until Proven Safe; The History and Future of Quarantine

Language: English

Published by Farrar , Straus and Giroux [MCD], New York, 2021

0374126585 / 9780374126582

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Format is approximately 5.75 inches by 8.5 inches. 396, [4] pages. Maps. Illustrations. DJ has minor edge wear. Part I: Encountering Uncertainty; Part II: Building Quarantine; and Part III: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Alien. Authors' Note. Sources. Index. Geoff Manaugh is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer, covering topics related to cities, design, crime, infrastructure, technology, and more for The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Guardian, New Scientist, Cabinet Magazine, The Daily Beast, Wired, Wired UK, and many other publications. He is also the co-author, with journalist Nicola Twilley, of Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine (2021, MCD Books), and, in 2016, he published A Burglar's Guide to the City, on the relationship between crime and architecture. Nicola Twilley is the co-author of Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine and is co-host of the award-winning podcast Gastropod, which looks at food through the lens of history and science, and is also an award-winning contributor to The New Yorker. Until Proven Safe has been called "exceptionally powerful" by The Wall Street Journal, "compelling" by The New Yorker, and "an engrossing, entertaining, timely, and important book" by Dr. Tom Frieden, former director of the CDC. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called it "riveting and timely," and journalist Steve Silberman says it is "the book of our historical moment.". First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].…

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Title
Until Proven Safe; The History and Future of Quarantine
Author
Manaugh, Geoff, and Twilley, Nicola
Publisher
Farrar , Straus and Giroux [MCD], New York
Publication year
2021
Condition
Very good
Dust jacket
Very good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0374126585
ISBN 13
9780374126582
Illustrator
Gleb Kuznetsov (author photograph of Manaugh) and
Edition
1st Edition
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