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UNINA9910163972403321 |
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Reader Capitol |
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Titolo |
Summary of Dread |
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Cork, : Primento Digital, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (24 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Communicable diseases -- History |
Epidemics -- History |
Epidemics -- Psychological aspects |
Epidemics -- Social aspects |
Fear -- Psychology |
Nosophobia |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title page; Book Presentation; Book Abstract; About the Author; Important Note About This Ebook; Summary of Dread (Philip Alcabes); Introduction; The Origins of Dread; The Sense of an Epidemic; Plague: Birth of the Model Epidemic; Cholera, Poverty, and the Politicized Epidemic; Germs, Science, and the Stranger; The Conquest of Contagion; Postmodern Epidemics; Managing the Imagined Epidemic; Conclusion; Buy the Book; About the Summary Publisher; Copyright |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Philip Alcabes in his book "Dread: How fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to the Avian Flu". This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not replace in any case Philip Alcabes' book.<br>Alcabes examines epidemics and shows how these reflect the social and cultural anxieties of the time.<br> |
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