02510nam 22005653u 450 991016397240332120210114191914.02-511-00061-X(CKB)3790000000024964(EBL)2088957(MiAaPQ)EBC2088957(Au-PeEL)EBL2088957(OCoLC)914149918(PPN)257934111(FR-PaCSA)88915502(EXLCZ)99379000000002496420150720d2013|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSummary of DreadCork Primento Digital20131 online resource (24 p.)Description based upon print version of record.2-512-00700-6 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 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> Communicable diseases -- HistoryEpidemics -- HistoryEpidemics -- Psychological aspectsEpidemics -- Social aspectsFear -- PsychologyNosophobiaCommunicable diseases -- History.Epidemics -- History.Epidemics -- Psychological aspects.Epidemics -- Social aspects.Fear -- Psychology.Nosophobia.614.4Reader Capitol888945AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910163972403321Summary of Dread1985683UNINA