TY - GEN AU - Tumbe, Chinmay TI - Age of pandemics (1817-1920): how they shaped India and the world SN - 9789353579456 U1 - 614.409 PY - 2020/// CY - Noida PB - HarperCollins India KW - COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- India History KW - Disease Outbreaks history KW - Epidemics India History KW - Maladies infectieuses Histoire KW - Pandémie de COVID-19, 2020- Inde Histoire N1 - Timeline of the age of pandemics Pandemics of the past Cholera Plague Influenza COVID-19 in the rear-view mirror N2 - "From lockdowns to lock-ups, 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. A time otherwise known for the worldwide spread of the industrial revolution, imperialism and globalization, the period between the early nineteenth century and the early twentieth century was also the age of pandemics. This book documents the scale of devastation, the likely causes and consequences, and the resilience with which people faced those uncertain times. It also provides the first comprehensive coverage of the worlds 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 demonstrate the continuing relevance of learning from those times to tackle contemporary challenges, such as COVID-19."-- Book Jacket ER -