The burdens of disease epidemics and human response in western history / J.N. Hays.
| Author/creator | Hays, J. N., 1938- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Rev. ed. |
| Publication Info | New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, |
| Description | xii, 374 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The western inheritance : Greek and Roman ideas about disease -- Medieval disease and responses -- The great plague pandemic -- New diseases and transatlantic exchanges -- Continuity and change : magic, religion, medicine, and science, 500-1700 -- Disease and the enlightenment -- Cholera and sanitation -- Tuberculosis and poverty -- Disease, medicine, and western imperialism -- The scientific view of disease and the triumph of professional medicine -- The apparent end of epidemics -- Disease and power. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-356) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008051487 |
| ISBN | 9780813546124 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0813546125 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780813546131 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0813546133 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 40017311762 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |