Epidemics and history : disease, power, and imperialism /

This book will become the standard account of the way disease has transformed societies and of how the structuring of society, politics, the economy and the medical profession has shaped the spread and containment of epidemics.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watts, S. J. (Sheldon J.) (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press ©1997.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1nq8qw
Description
Summary:This book will become the standard account of the way disease has transformed societies and of how the structuring of society, politics, the economy and the medical profession has shaped the spread and containment of epidemics.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 400 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-384) and index.
ISBN:0585356203
9780585356204
9780300174298
0300174292
9780300070156
0300070152
0300080875
9780300080872