Epidemics: The Impact of Germs and Their Power Over Humanity
byJoshua S. Loomis, PhD, is assistant professor of biology at East Stroudsburg University. He has taught courses in microbiology and epidemic disease for more than 12 years.
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Loomis, Joshua. Epidemics: The Impact of Germs and Their Power Over Humanity. Praeger, 2018. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440861437.
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Loomis, Joshua. Epidemics: The Impact of Germs and Their Power Over Humanity. Praeger, 2018. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440861437
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Loomis, J. (2018). Epidemics: The Impact of Germs and Their Power Over Humanity. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440861437
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This book comprehensively reviews the 10 most influential epidemics in history, going beyond morbid accounts of symptoms and statistics to tell the often forgotten stories of what made these epidemics so calamitous.
• Discusses epidemic disease as a major driving force in shaping our world• Brings epidemic diseases out of the background of historical narratives and demonstrates how they have had an immensely important role in deciding wars, toppling empires, sparking major leaps in technology, and even changing the human genome
• Integrates science with history, sociology, religion, and other disciplines to provide the reader with a unique perspective not found in most other accounts of epidemic disease
• Shares fascinating insights such as how an epidemic of yellow fever helped to double the size of the United States and why tuberculosis was once considered a disease of the intellectual elite
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Table of Contents
Epidemics: The Impact of Germs and Their Power Over Humanity
Author(s): Loomis, Joshua;Contributors: Loomis, Joshua;Abstract:This book comprehensively reviews the 10 most influential epidemics in history, going beyond morbid accounts of symptoms and statistics to tell the often forgotten stories of what made these epidemics so calamitous.
• Discusses epidemic disease as a major driving force in shaping our world• Brings epidemic diseases out of the background of historical narratives and demonstrates how they have had an immensely important role in deciding wars, toppling empires, sparking major leaps in technology, and even changing the human genome
• Integrates science with history, sociology, religion, and other disciplines to provide the reader with a unique perspective not found in most other accounts of epidemic disease
• Shares fascinating insights such as how an epidemic of yellow fever helped to double the size of the United States and why tuberculosis was once considered a disease of the intellectual elite
SortTitle: epidemics: the impact of germs and their power over humanityAuthor Info:Joshua S. LoomisauthorJoshua S. Loomis, PhD, is assistant professor of biology at East Stroudsburg University. He has taught courses in microbiology and epidemic disease for more than 12 years.
eISBN-13: 9781440861437Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440861437.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440861420Imprint: PraegerPages: 336Publication Date: 20180131- Cover Cover11
- Title iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents vii8
- Preface ix10
- Chapter 1. Microbes as Agents of Change 112
- Chapter 2. Plague 718
- The Justinian Plague and Its Effect on the Roman Empire 819
- The Black Death Begins 1021
- Decline of European Feudalism and Cause of Revolts 1223
- God’s Wrath, the Church, and Persecutions 1324
- Failure of Medicine and Its Effects 1728
- The Influence of the Black Death on Medieval Art 1829
- Cause of Human Evolution? 2031
- The Final Round of Plague 2233
- Chapter 3. Smallpox 2536
- Chapter 4. Malaria 5364
- Chapter 5. Tuberculosis 7788
- Chapter 6. Typhus 101112
- Chapter 7. Yellow Fever 125136
- Chapter 8. Cholera 153164
- Chapter 9. Influenza 193204
- Chapter 10. Polio 213224
- Chapter 11. HIV/AIDS 243254
- Chapter 12. The Future of Epidemic Disease 279290
- Notes 289300
- Index 317328
- About the Author 325336