Epidemics, Pandemics, and Plagues
A Historical Reference Guide
Epidemics, Pandemics, and Plagues
A Historical Reference Guide
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Epidemics, Pandemics, and Plagues: A Historical Reference Guide will explore the history of past epidemics and their effect on human populations and address the current era of coronaviruses. The book will explore effects of rampant diseases on human and animal populations and will address the socio-economic factors that often leave the underserved and minority populations at greater risk than the wealthier. The Guide's content will examine medical, social, political, economic, and philosophical aspects of pandemics, as well as transmission routes and disease vectors. Historians, clinicians, and health policy specialists debate questions such as: What is a plague vs. pandemic? Where does a pandemic begin? When does a pandemic end? How is communication about a disease or pandemic relayed to people? These are many of the questions we see in our current world as people struggle with COVID-19.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Antonin and Justinian Plagues; 541-542 CE and 541 – 549 AD
Chapter Three: The Black Death; 1331 - 1770
Chapter Four: Cholera 1880's
Chapter Five: The Flu Epidemic of 1889 -94
Chapter Six: The Great Influenza of 1918
Chapter Seven: The Flu Epidemic of 1956-58
Chapter Eight: Flu Epidemic of 1968
Chapter Nine: Ebola, 1976 - present
Chapter Ten: HIV/AIDS, 1981 - present
Chapter Eleven: Emerging Coronaviruses, 2002-2003
Chapter Twelve: COVID-19, 2020 – present
Chapter Thirteen: A Future of Continually Emerging and Re-Emerging Diseases
Conclusion
Appendixes
Bibliography
Product details
| Published | 01 Apr 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 416 |
| ISBN | 9781538184738 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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