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Epidemics : the impact of germs and their power over humanity
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| 서명/저자사항 | Epidemics : the impact of germs and their power over humanity/ Joshua S. Loomis. |
| 개인저자 | Loomis, Joshua S.,author. |
| 발행사항 | Santa Barbara, California: Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]. |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource (x, 323 pages). |
| 기타형태 저록 | Print version: Loomis, Joshua S. Epidemics. Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018] 9781440861420 |
| ISBN | 9781440861437 1440861439 |
| 서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 내용주기 | Microbes as Agents of Change -- Plague -- Smallpox -- Malaria -- Tuberclosis -- Typhus -- Yellow Fever -- Influenza -- Polio -- HIV/AIDS -- Future of Epidemic Disease |
| 요약 | This book comprehensively reviews the 10 most influential epidemics in history, going beyond morbid accounts of symptoms and statistics to tell the often forgotten stories of what made these epidemics so calamitous. The book discusses epidemic disease as a major driving force in shaping our world; brings epidemic diseases out of the background of historical narratives and demonstrates how they have had an immensely important role in deciding wars, toppling empires, sparking major leaps in technology, and even changing the human genome; integrates science with history, sociology, religion, and other disciplines to provide the reader with a unique perspective not found in most other accounts of epidemic disease; shares fascinating insights such as how an epidemic of yellow fever helped to double the size of the United States and why tuberculosis was once considered a disease of the intellectual elite. -- Provided by publisher. |
| 일반주제명 | Epidemics --History. Communicable diseases --Social aspects --History. Communicable diseases --Social aspects. Epidemics. MEDICAL / Forensic Medicine MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine MEDICAL / Public Health |
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