Books by Charles E Rosenberg
“It fixates on one city—New York—through three different cholera epidemics. So you can see change over time. You can see cholera going from being seen as a divine punishment, a dread disease against which people had no defence, to something that, by the 1860s, seemed to be a signifier of inadequate public health infrastructure. He shows how it moves from a religious framing to a scientific or political one.” Read more...
Books on Living Through an Epidemic
Alex Chase-Levenson, Historian
Interviews where books by Charles E Rosenberg were recommended
Books on Living Through an Epidemic, recommended by Alex Chase-Levenson
The Covid-19 crisis is often described as an ‘unprecedented’ event, but in the past outbreaks of virulent disease were much more a part of our lives. Historian Alex Chase-Levenson, author of The Yellow Flag, recommends five books that focus on the experiences of those living through an epidemic.
