The Monster Enters

COVID-19, Avian Flu, and the Plagues of Capitalism

Author  Mike Davis
The Monster Enters

A new edition of a classic book on viral catastrophes--the Spanish flu, the Avian flu, and now, Covid-19

In his book, The Monster at Our Door,  the renowned activist and author Mike Davis warned of a coming global threat of viral catastrophes. Now in this expanded edition of that 2005 book, Davis explains how the problems he warned of remain, and he sets the COVID-19  pandemic in the  context of previous disastrous outbreaks, notably the 1918 influenza  disaster that killed at least forty million people in three months and  the Avian flu of a decade and a half ago.

In language both accessible and authoritative, The Monster Enters  surveys the scientific and political roots of today’s viral apocalypse. In doing so it…

$25.95
February 1, 2022
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