Plagues in World History

English

Series: Exploring World History Ser.

ISBN: 1442207965

EAN: 9781442207967

Category: Medical / Infectious Diseases/Medical / Epidemiology/

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Release Date: 01/16/2011

Synopsis: 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.

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Pages: 256