Disease and the Modern World: 1500 to the Present Day

Name: Disease and the Modern World: 1500 to the Present Day
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ISBN: 9780745628103

ISBN-10: 0745628109

ISBN-13: 9780745628103

Edition: 2004

Authors: Mark Harrison

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lsquo;Mark Harrison's book illuminates the threats posed by infectious diseases since 1500. He places these diseases within an international perspective, and demonstrates the relationship between European expansion and changing epidemiological patterns. The book is a significant introduction to a fascinating subject.rsquo; Gerald N. Grob, Rutgers State University In this lively and accessible book, Mark Harrison charts the history of disease from the birth of the modern world around 1500 through to the present day. He explores how the rise of modern nation-states was closely linked to the threat posed by disease, and particularly infectious, epidemic diseases. He examines the ways in…

Book details

List price: $31.25
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 5/21/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.10" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.946



Acknowledgements


Introduction



Disease and Medicine before 1500



Early Modern Europe



Disease and Social Order: The Enlightenment and its Legacy



The World beyond Europe



Disease in an Age of Commerce and Industry



The Individual and the State



Disease, War and Modernity



Health for All? Affluence, Poverty and Disease since 1945


Glossary


Notes


Select Bibliography


Index