Dread : how fear and fantasy have fueled epidemics from the black death to avian flu / Philip Alcabes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alcabes, Philip.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communicable diseases--History.

Communicable diseases.

Epidemics--History.

Epidemics.

Epidemics--Psychological aspects.

Epidemics--Social aspects.

Nosophobia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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, m

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION; Introduction; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; Epilogue; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; Philip Alcabes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-56262-2

9786612562624

0-7867-4146-5

OCLC:

646801262