Epidemics & Ideas: Essays on the Historical Perception of Pestilence

Book Overview

Epidemic diseases have always been a test of the ability of human societies to withstand sudden shocks. How are such large mortalities and the illness of large proportions of the population to be... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052140276X
• ISBN13: 9780521402767
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Interesting, but...

While informative, some of the essays in this volume are marred by bad writing and muddled jargon that obscures rather than clarifies the issue. That it's intended for a specialist audience is no excuse: clarity is important to everyone...