Plagues in World History (Exploring World History)
Aberth, John
Plagues in World History provides a concise, comparative world history of catastrophic infectious diseases, including plague, smallpox, tuberculosis, cholera, influenza, and AIDS. John Aberth considers not only their varied impact but also the many ways in which people have been able to influence diseases simply through their cultural attitudes. Our ability to alter disease, even without modern medical treatments, is even more crucial lesson now that AIDS, swine flu, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, and other seemingly incurable illnesses have raged worldwide. The author's comparative analysis of how different societies have responded in the past to disease illuminates what cultural approaches have been and may continue to be most effective in combating the plagues of today.
หมวดหมู่:
ปี:
2011
ฉบับพิมพ์ครั้งที่:
1
สำนักพิมพ์:
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ภาษา:
english
จำนวนหน้า:
256
ISBN 10:
0742557057
ISBN 13:
9780742557055
ไฟล์:
EPUB, 1.41 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2011