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Dread : how fear and fantasy have fueled epidemics from the Black Death to avian flu
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- ISBN: 9781586486181 (hc)
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Physical Description:
vii, 313 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., photo. ; 24 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York, NY : PublicAffairs, 2009.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The origins of dread --The sense of an epidemic -- Plague : birth of the model epidemic -- Cholera, poverty, and the politicized epidemic -- Germs, science, and the stranger -- The conquest of contagion -- Postmodern epidemics -- Managing the imagined epidemic -- The risk-free life -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interurban Library | RA 649 A43 2009 (Text) | 26040002846570 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - | ||
| Lansdowne Library | RA 649 A43 2009 (Text) | 26040002841704 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
