Plague: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Plague: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780199589548

ISBN-10: 0199589542

ISBN-13: 9780199589548

Edition: 2012

Authors: Paul Slack

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ThisVery Short Introductionexplores the historical impact of plague over the centuries, the ways in which it has been interpreted, and the powerful images it has left behind in art and literature. Paul Slack assesses its causes, which have often been disputed and are now being illuminated by microbiologists and archaeologists, and he looks at possible reasons for its periodic disappearance from whole continents. He shows what plague meant for those who suffered from it, and how governments began to fight against it and in doing so invented modern notions of public health. His focus throughout the book is on how people coped with death and disease in epidemic crises.

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 5/22/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 152
Size: 6.70" wide x 4.30" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.242



Introduction



Plague: What's in a name?



Pandemics and epidemics



Big Impacts: The black death



Private horrors



Public health



Enduring images



The lessons of histories


References


Further Reading