Comparing the development of disease control in Britain and the United States, from the 1793 yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia to the H1N1 panics of more recent times, Diseased States provides a blueprint for managing pandemics in the twenty-first century. Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Birth of Public Health in Britain and the Resistance to Disease Control in the United States (1793-1853) -- Sanitation and Social Welfare in the Britain, Germs and Quarantines in the United States (1854-1900) -- The Control of Disease in the 20th Century and the Response to 1918 Influenza Pandemic (1900 to the 1950s) -- The Past Manifested in the Present : AIDS, SARS, Pandemic Influenza, and Ebola.