John Fabian Witt

A concise history of how American law has shaped—and been shaped by—the experience of contagion, American Contagions takes us from the smallpox outbreaks of the colonies to COVID-19. "The conclusion [Witt] arrives at is devastating." (Jennifer Szalai, New York Times) "One wishes that, six months ago, every member of Congress and the Trump administration had been forced to read and...