Plagues in world history / / John Aberth
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| Autore: |
Aberth John <1963->
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| Titolo: |
Plagues in world history / / John Aberth
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, MD, : Rowman & Littlefield, 2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 614.4 |
| 909 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Epidemics - History |
| Communicable diseases - History | |
| Classificazione: | 44.11 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Plague; Chapter 2: Smallpox; Chapter 3: Tuberculosis; Chapter 4: Cholera; Chapter5: Influenza; Chapter 6: AIDS; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 compara |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Plagues in world history |
| ISBN: | 979-88-8184-990-0 |
| 1-282-92268-8 | |
| 9786612922688 | |
| 1-4422-0796-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910967805403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Exploring world history.