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The Great Shadow: A History of How Sickness Shapes What We Do, Think, Believe, and Buy

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History and storytelling illuminate the surprising ways that illness influenced human views and behaviors throughout time and continues to today.

"Allows readers to practically experience firsthand how humans have adapted to and dealt with disease throughout history...necessary and timely...engaging and entertaining. Highly recommended."
-Library Journal, starred

"[A] splendid examination...Deeply insightful if unsettling."

-Kirkus

Anti-science, anti-vaccine, anti-reason beliefs seem to be triumphing over common sense today. How did we get here? The Great Shadow brings a huge missing piece to this puzzle-the experience of actually being ...