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Dedication

      To my mother, Esther de Waal, who taught me how to think

NEW PANDEMICS, OLD POLITICS

      Two Hundred Years of War on Disease and its Alternatives

      Alex de Waal

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      Copyright © Alex de Waal 2021

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      First published in 2021 by Polity Press

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      ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-4781-4

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      Names: De Waal, Alex, author.

      Title: New pandemics, old politics : two hundred years of war on disease and its alternatives / Alex de Waal.

      Description: Medford : Polity Press, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “A brilliant account of the politics behind modern pandemics by a leading expert on humanitarian crisis and infectious disease”-- Provided by publisher.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2020052814 (print) | LCCN 2020052815 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509547791 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509547807 (paperback) | ISBN 9781509547814 (epub)

      Subjects: LCSH: Epidemics--Political aspects. | Epidemiology--Political aspects.

      Classification: LCC RA649 .D49 2021 (print) | LCC RA649 (ebook) | DDC 614.4--dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020052814 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020052815

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