Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues, Jonathan Kennedy, c. 2023.

Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues, Jonathan Kennedy, c. 2023. 

Chapter 7: Industrial Plagues

The first pages sound a lot like the AI revolution in the US starting around 2024. 

Nice recap of slavery, weaving, move to urban centers. The explosion -- population, industrializatio --  in the 19th century is amazing. 

With the pivot to urbanization without the sanitary conditions needed, we had tuberculosis and then cholera.

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Fourth (Sixth?) Industrial Revolution

From Another Million Dollar Way Blog:

One of the best histories / summaries of the 19th century British industrial revolution is chapter 7 in Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues, Jonathan Kennedy, c. 2023. When you read about that industrial revolution, it sounds just like what is currently going on in the states. More on this later, perhaps. 

The world's plagues in Britain during the 19th century industrial revolution: tuberculosis and cholera. And, of the two, cholera is the much bigger story.

 

Introduction

Chapter 1: Paleolithic Plagues  

Chapter 2: Neolithic Plagues   

Chapter 3: Ancient Plagues   

Chapter 4: Medieval Plagues   

Chapter 5: Colonial Plagues   

Chapter 6: Revolutionary Plagues   

Chapter 7: Industrial Plagues -- a great chapter, the "long nineteenth century -- 1789 (French Revolution to the beginning of the First World War, 125 years later. Goes along well with recent reading on steam engine revolution; weaving; 

Chapter 8: Plagues of Poverty -- nice observations about China and sub-Saharan Africa.

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index