TECHNOLOGY
Throp, Claire

The Horror of the Bubonic Plague

(4) 4-6 Heinemann Infosearch: Deadly History series. This simplified overview introduces three major bubonic plague pandemics: the Plague of Justinian, the Black Death, and the Modern Plague. Also discussed is the introduction of insecticides and antibiotics to help curtail the disease today. Other important, non-pandemic outbreaks of bubonic plague are confusingly interwoven in the eleven short sections, which are peppered with illustrations, photographs, charts, and sidebars. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind.

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