Plague: A Very Short Introduction
(Sprache: Englisch)
In this Very Short Introduction, Paul Slack explores the historical impact of plague over the centuries. Looking at the ways in which it has been interpreted, and the powerful images it has left behind in art and literature, he considers how it was fought...
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In this Very Short Introduction, Paul Slack explores the historical impact of plague over the centuries. Looking at the ways in which it has been interpreted, and the powerful images it has left behind in art and literature, he considers how it was fought and controlled, and the impact it had on our modern notions of public health.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Plague: A Very Short Introduction “
Introduction; 1 Plague: What's in a name?; 2 Pandemics and epidemics; 3 BigiImpacts: The black death; 4 Private horrors; 5 Public health; 6 Enduring images; 7 The lessons of histories; References; Further reading
Autoren-Porträt von Paul Slack
Paul Slack is Emeritus Professor of Early Modern Social History at Oxford University, and author of a classic study of The Impact of Plague in Tudor and Stuart England (Routledge 1985, OUP 1990). He has written books on urban history and poverty in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and essays on the history of disease and the environment over longer periods, and been editor of the journal Past and Present. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and was Principal of Linacre College, Oxford, until his retirement in 2010.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Paul Slack
- 2012, Maße: 11,6 x 1,9 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0199589542
- ISBN-13: 9780199589548
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „Plague: A Very Short Introduction “
This book is not a textbook on Pasteurella pestis. Rather, using the disease it causes as a link, the text has the potential to attract the interest and attention of a wide range of readers, encompassing historical, social, geographical and economic factors and the role they played in changing European and wider social development. In these days of internet access, soundbites and the decline of text on paper, this book presents an excellent opportunity for those who wish for an absorbing and educational narrative, contained within an extremely portable package and with no risk of the battery losing its charge at an inconvenient moment. The Bulletin of The Royal College of Pathologists, April 2013
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