Epidemics hate and compassion from the plague of Athens to AIDS / Samuel K. Cohn, Jr.

Author/creator Cohn, Samuel Kline
Other author Oxford University Press.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoOxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Descriptionviii, 643 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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Abstract In this study, Samuel K. Cohn, Jr. investigates hundreds of descriptions of epidemics reaching back before the fifth-century-BCE Plague of Athens to the 2014 Ebola outbreak to challenge the dominant hypothesis that epidemics invariably provoke hatred, blaming of the 'other', and victimizing bearers of epidemic diseases.-- Source other than Library of Congress.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 559-608) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017954534
ISBN9780198819660 (hardback)
ISBN0198819668 (hardback)

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