This title examines the forms and conventions of colonial epidemiology in order to re-imagine New England's early literary history as a function of the narrative, legal, and theological responses to regional and generational patterns of illness in the 17th and early 18th centuri…
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"In the summer of 1629, John Winthrop described a series of epidemics that devastated Native American populations along the eastern seaboard of New England as a "miraculous plague." Winthrop was struck by the providential nature of these waves of disease, which contributed neatl…
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 inte…
"From plague to AIDS, epidemics have been the most spectacular diseases to afflict human societies. This volume examines the ways in which these great crises have influenced ideas, how they have helped to shape theological, political and social thought, and how they have been in…
The impact of globalization on infectious disease emergence and control: exploring the consequences and opportunities : wo…
by Institute of Medicine (U.S.)., Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine (U.S.)., Forum on Microbial Threats, Knobler, Stacey, Mahmoud, Adel A. F., Lemon, Stanley M.
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Report of a workshop by the Forum on Microbial Threats which explored the impact of increasingly integrated trade, economic development, human movement, and cultural exchange on patters of disease emergence; identified opportunities for countering the effects of globalization on…
Even today, the threat of unstoppable plague is ever-present. Historically, in Europe, the most devastating plagues were between the Black Death and the Great Plague of London. This fascinating book shows that these were not bubonic plague as previously thought, and provides foo…
Even today, the threat of unstoppable plague is ever-present. Historically, in Europe, the most devastating plagues were between the Black Death and the Great Plague of London. This fascinating book shows that these were not bubonic plague as previously thought, and provides foo…
