Dread

How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Health, Ailments & Diseases, Contagious, Medical, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology
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Author: Philip Alcabes ISBN: 9780786741465
Publisher: PublicAffairs Publication: April 14, 2009
Imprint: PublicAffairs Language: English
Author: Philip Alcabes
ISBN: 9780786741465
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication: April 14, 2009
Imprint: PublicAffairs
Language: English

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.

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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.

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