Eradication
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What’s it about?
A gripping history of the global campaign to eradicate yellow fever, revealing how scientific hubris and imperial ambition led to a flawed, cautionary tale about the limits of human power over nature.
You’ll learn
- Why eradication is a dangerous ideology
- The discovery of jungle yellow fever
- How imperialism shaped public health
- The limits of simple technical solutions