Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu
 |
|
Описание:
Deaths from epidemic disease are rare in the developed world, yet in our technically and medically advanced society, an ever-present risk of disease has created an industry out of fear.As Philip Alcabes persuasively argues in Dread, our anxieties about epidemics often stray from the facts on the ground. In a fascinating exploration of the social and cultural history of epidemics, Alcabes delivers a different narrative of disease?one that requires that we reexamine our choice of enemies, and carefully consider the potential motivation of epidemic alarm-bells to further medical, moral, or political campaigns.Похожие книги
 | Urethral Reconstructive Surgery Год: 2007 |
| Molecular biology in plant pathogenesis and disease management. Disease development Автор: P Narayanasamy Год: 2008 |
| Advances in Human Palaeopathology Автор: Pinhasi R., Mays S. Год: 2008 |
 | Communicable Disease Epidemiology and Control: A Global Perspective Автор: Roger Webber Год: 2005 |
 | Celiac Disease: A Guide to Living with Gluten Intolerance Автор: RN Sylvia Llewelyn Bower Год: 2006 |