A Deeper Sickness

Journal of America in the Pandemic Year

Margaret Peacock, Erik L. Peterson

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English

Beacon Press
25 April 2023

Society & culture: general

A harrowing chronicle by two leading historians, capturing in real time the events of a year marked by multiple devastations.

When we look back at the year 2020, how can we describe what really happened? In A Deeper Sickness, award-winning historians Margaret Peacock and Erik Peterson set out to preserve what they call the ""focused confusion,"" and to probe deeper into what they consider the Four Pandemics that converged around the 12 astonishing months of 2020-

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Disease

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Disinformation

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Poverty

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Violence

Drs. Peacock and Peterson use their interdisciplinary expertise to extend their analysis beyond the viral science, and instead into the social, political, and historical dimensions of this crisis. They consulted with dozens of experts and witnesses from a wide range of fields-from leading epidemiologists and health care workers to leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement, district attorneys, political scientists, philosophers, and more. Their journey revealed a sick country that believed it was well, a violent nation that believed it was peaceful; one that mistook poverty for prosperity and accountability for rebellion.

Organized into the journal-entries along with dozens of archival images, A Deeper Sickness will help readers sift through the chaos and misinformation that characterized those frantic days. It is both an unflinching indictment of a nation that is still reeling and a testament to the power of human resilience and collective memory.

Readers can share their story and become a contributing author by visiting an interactive digital museum, where the authors have preserved dozens of more stories and interviews.

Visit Margaret Peacock and Erik L. Peterson's digital museum at adhc.lib.ua.edu/pandemicbook/.

By: Margaret Peacock, Erik L. Peterson
Imprint: Beacon Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780807008119
ISBN 10: 0807008117
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 25 April 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Margaret Peacock is a historian of media and propaganda in Russia, the United States, and the Middle East, with graduate degrees in history and information science. She currently teaches at the University of Alabama. Dr. Erik L. Peterson is a historian of science and medicine, with graduate degrees in history, philosophy, and anthropology. He currently teaches at the University of Alabama.

Reviews for A Deeper Sickness: Journal of America in the Pandemic Year

An urgent, timely call for national reckoning. -Kirkus Reviews Presented in a journal format, the book depicts how the pandemic underscored social and economic inequalities at the core of American society. -Publishers Weekly Both an alarm and a timely call to action . . . [A Deeper Sickness] truly announce[s] the arrival of literature with a central goal of helping us understand the psychology of the pandemic as it relates to relationships and dealing with each other. -NPR