Epidemics and society : from the Black Death to the present /
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Author / Creator: | Snowden, Frank M. (Frank Martin), 1946- author. |
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Imprint: | New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019] ©2019 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 582 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Open Yale courses series Open Yale courses series. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13541953 |
ISBN: | 9780300249149 0300249144 9780300192216 0300192215 |
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed on October 23, 2019). |
Summary: | A wide-ranging study that illuminates the connection between epidemic diseases and societal change, from the Black Death to Ebola. This sweeping exploration of the impact of epidemic diseases looks at how mass infectious outbreaks have shaped society, from the Black Death to today. In a clear and accessible style, Frank M. Snowden reveals the ways that diseases have not only influenced medical science and public health, but also transformed the arts, religion, intellectual history, and warfare. A multidisciplinary and comparative investigation of the medical and social history of the major epidemics, this volume touches on themes such as the evolution of medical therapy, plague literature, poverty, the environment, and mass hysteria. In addition to providing historical perspective on diseases such as smallpox, cholera, and tuberculosis, Snowden examines the fallout from recent epidemics such as HIV/AIDS, SARS, and Ebola and the question of the world's preparedness for the next generation of diseases. |
Other form: | Print version: Snowden, Frank M. (Frank Martin), 1946- Epidemics and society. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019] 9780300192216 |
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