Plagues in World History

Informationen zum Autor John Aberth holds a PhD in medieval history from the University of Cambridge and is the author of numerous books on disease and the Middle Ages. Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: PlagueChapter 2: SmallpoxChapter 3: TuberculosisChapter 4: CholeraChapter 5: InfluenzaChapter 6: AIDSConclusionBibliography

Product details

• Authors: John Aberth, Aberth John
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.01.2011
• EAN: 9780742557055
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5705-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Exploring World History; Exploring World History
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / World, MEDICAL / History, General & world history, History of Medicine, General and world history, African Studies;Middle Ages;Society and Politics