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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Aberth, John (1963-....)
Titre(s) : Plagues in world history [Texte imprimé] / John Aberth
Publication : Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield publishers, copyright 2011
Description matérielle : v, 244 pages, 5 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection : Exploring world history
Lien à la collection : Exploring world history
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-231) and index
Plagues in World History provides a comparative world history of catastrophic infectious
diseases, including plague, smallpox, tuberculosis, cholera, influenza, and AIDS.
Geographically, these diseases have spread across the entire globe; temporally, they
stretch from the sixth century to the present. John Aberth considers not only the
varied impact that disease has had upon human history but also the many ways in which
people have been able to influence diseases simply through their cultural attitudes
toward them. The author argues that the ability of humans to alter disease, even without
the modern wonders of antibiotic drugs and other medical treatments, is an even more
crucial lesson to learn now that AIDS, swine flu, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis,
and other seemingly incurable illnesses have raged worldwide. Aberth'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. --From publisher's description
Sujet(s) : Maladies infectieuses -- Histoire
Épidémies -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780742557055. - ISBN 0742557057. - ISBN 9780742557062. - ISBN 0742557065. -
ISBN 9781442207967. - ISBN 1442207965
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45327433v
Notice n° :
FRBNF45327433
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Plague ; Smallpox ; Tuberculosis ; Cholera ; Influenza ; AIDS.
