Plague: A Very Short Introduction

by Paul Slack

Book Overview

This Very Short Introduction explores the historical impact of plague over the centuries, the ways in which it has been interpreted, and the powerful images it has left behind in art and literature. Paul Slack assesses its causes, which have often been disputed and are now being illuminated by microbiologists and archaeologists, and he looks at possible reasons for its periodic disappearance from whole continents. He shows what plague meant for those...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199589542
• ISBN13: 9780199589548
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.3" x 6.7"