1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780830403321

Autore

Hays J. N. <1938->

Titolo

The burdens of disease [[electronic resource] ] : epidemics and human response in western history / / J.N. Hays

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Brunswick, NJ, : Rutgers University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-280-49350-X

9786613588739

0-8135-4817-9

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (391 p.)

Disciplina

614.4

Soggetti

Epidemics - History

Epidemics

Public Health

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. The Western Inheritance -- Two. Medieval Diseases and Responses -- Three. The Great Plague Pandemic -- Four. New Diseases and Transatlantic Exchanges -- Five. Continuity and Change -- Six. Disease and the Enlightenment -- Seven. Cholera and Sanitation -- Eight. Tuberculosis and Poverty -- Nine. Disease, Medicine, and Western Imperialism -- Ten. The Scientific View of Disease and the Triumph of Professional Medicine -- Eleven. The Apparent End of Epidemics -- Twelve. Disease and Power -- Notes -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

A review of the original edition of The Burdens of Disease that appeared in ISIS stated, "Hays has written a remarkable book. He too has a message: That epidemics are primarily dependent on poverty and that the West has consistently refused to accept this." This revised edition confirms the book's timely value and provides a sweeping approach to the history of disease. In this updated volume, with revisions and additions to the original content, including the evolution of drug-resistant diseases and expanded coverage of HIV/AIDS, along with recent data on mortality figures and other relevant statistics, J. N.



Hays chronicles perceptions and responses to plague and pestilence over two thousand years of western history. Disease is framed as a multidimensional construct, situated at the intersection of history, politics, culture, and medicine, and rooted in mentalities and social relations as much as in biological conditions of pathology. This revised edition of The Burdens of Disease also studies the victims of epidemics, paying close attention to the relationships among poverty, power, and disease.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910794973503321

Titolo

Das 20. jahrhundert : Unrecht, gewalt, genozid  und das erste jahrhundert globaler aufarbeitung in der Geschichte / / J. M. Werobèl de La Rochelle (Hg.) ; unter Mitarbeit von Sophia Claus ; mit einem geleitwort von Christophe Bourdoiseau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Göttingen, [Germany] : , : Cuvillier Verlag, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

3-7369-8539-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs

Disciplina

303.6

Soggetti

Violence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962044603321

Titolo

Green consumerism : an A-to-Z guide / / Juliana Mansvelt, general editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, Calif., : SAGE Publications, c2011

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE Publications Inc., , 2010

ISBN

9781452266190

1452266190

9781849727440

1849727449

9781412973809

1412973805

9781412996853

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (561 pages)

Collana

The SAGE reference series on green society: toward a sustainable future

Altri autori (Persone)

MansveltJuliana

Disciplina

339.4/7

Soggetti

Consumption (Economics) - Environmental aspects

Environmental responsibility

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

GREEN CONSUMERISM- FRONT COVER -- GREEN CONSUMERISM -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- INTRODUCTION -- READER'S GUIDE -- LIST OF ARTICLES -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- GREEN CONSUMERISM CHRONOLOGY -- ARTICLES A TO Z -- GREEN CONSUMERISM GLOSSARY -- GREEN CONSUMERISM RESOURCE GUIDE -- GREEN CONSUMERISM APPENDIX -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

This sixth volume in the SAGE Series on Green Society covers the consumption, availability, and distribution of energy and other resources in the personal consumer environment.