In Time of Plague: The History and Social Consequences of Lethal Epidemic Disease

by Arien Mack

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Plague. The word itself is like a blow, connoting misery, miasma and death. Plague takes many forms: influenza, typhus, cholera, the Black Death, and, recently, AIDS. AIDS has reminded us that epidemic infectious disease is not simply a historical phenomenon--or one limited like famine to remote continents --and is a vivid and painful illustration of how epidemics take place at a number of levels --biological event, social perception, collective...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814754856

ISBN13:9780814754856

Release Date:June 1992

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:218 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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