The Plague Year: America in the Time of COVID
- ISBN-10
- 0593320727
- ISBN-13
- 9780593320723
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Author
- Lawrence Wright
Description
Beginning with the absolutely critical first moments of the outbreak in China, and ending with an epilogue on the vaccine rollout and the unprecedented events between the election of Joseph Biden and his inauguration, Lawrence Wright's The Plague Year surges forward with essential information--and fascinating historical parallels--examining the medical, economic, political, and social ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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