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EPIDEMICS AND IDEAS
ESSAYS ON THE HISTORICAL PERCEPTION OF PESTILENCE |
| By: |
Terence Ranger (Editor), Paul Slack (Editor), Lyndal Roper |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
052155831X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521558310 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
30 November, 1995 |
| Series: |
Past and Present Publications |
| Pages: |
360 |
| Description: |
This volume examines the way in which epidemics have influenced ideas from the ancient world to AIDS today. |
| Synopsis: |
From plague to AIDS, epidemics have been the most spectacular diseases to afflict human societies. This volume examines the way in which these great crises have influenced ideas, how they have helped to shape theological, political and social thought, and how they have been interpreted and understood in the intellectual context of their time. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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