Pandemics
a very short introduction
$26.45
- Paperback
184 pages
- Release Date
16 October 2024
Summary
Pandemics: A History of Global Crisis and Cooperation
The 2014 Ebola epidemic and the 2019 coronavirus pandemic demonstrated the devastating power of pandemics. Christian W. McMillen provides a concise yet comprehensive account of pandemics throughout human history, illustrating how pandemic disease has shaped history and how social behavior has influenced pandemic disease.
Pandemics provide unexpected insights into culture and politics. This introduction describes history’s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780197762004 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 019776200X |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
| Author: | Christian W. McMillen |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 184 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 16 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 159g |
| Dimensions: | 175mm x 112mm x 13mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
With the recent surge of epidemic research and literature, this book distinguishes itself by being concise, precise, accurate, and effective. It is an introductory read that acts as both a summation of epidemic history as well as an invitation to dive deeper into the ongoing understanding of epidemics. * Alain Touwaide, Doody’s Review *
About The Author
Christian W. McMillen
Christian W. McMillen is Professor of History at the University of Virginia, where he teaches courses on American Indian history and the history of epidemic disease. He is the author of Making Indian Law: The Hualapai Land Case and the Birth of Ethnohistory and Discovering Tuberculosis: A Global History, 1900 to the Present.
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