Epidemics and Pandemics: From Ancient Plagues to Modern-Day Threats [2 volumes]
by20210131
Greenwood
Pages | 776 |
Topics | Anti-Vaccination Movement;Black Death;Cholera;Ebola;Economics and Epidemics;Influenza;Measles;Media Coverage of Epidemics;Politics and Epidemics;Health and Wellness: Diseases and Conditions;Current Events and Issues: Health and Medicine |
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Byrne, Joseph and Hays, Jo. Epidemics and Pandemics: From Ancient Plagues to Modern-Day Threats [2 volumes]. Greenwood, 2021. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440863790.
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Byrne, Joseph, and Jo Hays. Epidemics and Pandemics: From Ancient Plagues to Modern-Day Threats [2 volumes]. Greenwood, 2021. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440863790
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Byrne, J. & Hays, J. (2021). Epidemics and Pandemics: From Ancient Plagues to Modern-Day Threats [2 volumes]. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440863790
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Beyond their impact on public health, epidemics shape and are shaped by political, economic, and social forces. This book examines this connection, exploring key topics in the study of disease outbreaks and delving deep into specific historical and contemporary examples.
From the Black Death that ravaged Europe in the 14th century to the influenza pandemic following World War I to the novel strain of coronavirus that made "social distancing" the new normal, wide-scale disease outbreaks have played an important role throughout human history. In addition to the toll they take on human lives, epidemics have spurred medical innovations, toppled governments, crippled economies, and led to cultural revolutions.
Epidemics and Pandemics: From Ancient Plagues to Modern-Day Threats provides readers with a holistic view of the terrifying—and fascinating—topic of epidemics and pandemics. In Volume 1, readers will discover what an epidemic is, how it emerges and spreads, what diseases are most likely to become epidemics, and how disease outbreaks are tracked, prevented, and combated. They will learn about the impacts of such modern factors as global air travel and antibiotic resistance, as well as the roles played by public health agencies and the media. Volume 2 offers detailed case studies that explore the course and lasting significance of individual epidemics and pandemics throughout history.
- Examines the topic from a number of angles, offering readers a holistic view of how epidemics and pandemics have affected and continue to affect the world
- Explains the science behind the emergence and spread of disease in easy-to-understand, jargon-free language
- Considers issues relevant to today's readers, including the impact of the anti-vaccination movement, climate change, global travel, and antibiotic resistance
- Offers a detailed look at the most famous examples of epidemics and pandemics throughout history, using a standardized format that makes finding information quick and easy
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Table of Contents
Epidemics and Pandemics: From Ancient Plagues to Modern-Day Threats [2 volumes]
Author(s): Byrne, Joseph; Hays, Jo;Contributors: Byrne, Joseph; Hays, Jo;Abstract:Beyond their impact on public health, epidemics shape and are shaped by political, economic, and social forces. This book examines this connection, exploring key topics in the study of disease outbreaks and delving deep into specific historical and contemporary examples.
From the Black Death that ravaged Europe in the 14th century to the influenza pandemic following World War I to the novel strain of coronavirus that made "social distancing" the new normal, wide-scale disease outbreaks have played an important role throughout human history. In addition to the toll they take on human lives, epidemics have spurred medical innovations, toppled governments, crippled economies, and led to cultural revolutions.
Epidemics and Pandemics: From Ancient Plagues to Modern-Day Threats provides readers with a holistic view of the terrifying—and fascinating—topic of epidemics and pandemics. In Volume 1, readers will discover what an epidemic is, how it emerges and spreads, what diseases are most likely to become epidemics, and how disease outbreaks are tracked, prevented, and combated. They will learn about the impacts of such modern factors as global air travel and antibiotic resistance, as well as the roles played by public health agencies and the media. Volume 2 offers detailed case studies that explore the course and lasting significance of individual epidemics and pandemics throughout history.
- Examines the topic from a number of angles, offering readers a holistic view of how epidemics and pandemics have affected and continue to affect the world
- Explains the science behind the emergence and spread of disease in easy-to-understand, jargon-free language
- Considers issues relevant to today's readers, including the impact of the anti-vaccination movement, climate change, global travel, and antibiotic resistance
- Offers a detailed look at the most famous examples of epidemics and pandemics throughout history, using a standardized format that makes finding information quick and easy
SortTitle: epidemics and pandemics: from ancient plagues to modern-day threats [2 volumes]Author Info:Joseph P. ByrneauthorJo N. HaysauthoreISBN-13: 9781440863790Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440863790.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440863783Imprint: GreenwoodPages: 776Publication Date: 20210131- Cover Cover11
- Title Page iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Dedication v6
- Contents vii8
- Acknowledgments xiii14
- Introduction xv16
- Volume 1 vii8
- Part 1: The Fundamentals 120
- Chapter 1: A Look Inside: Pathogens and the Human Body 322
- Chapter 2: Gateways for Pathogens: Sources, Hosts, Vectors, and Contracting Disease 2544
- Chapter 3. Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics 4564
- Chapter 4: Confronting Infectious Disease: Before Germ Theory 6180
- Chapter 5: Battles against Infectious Disease: Triumph of Germ Theory 85104
- Chapter 6: Epidemic Disease in the Twenty-First Century 109128
- Perfect Storms: Social, Economic, and Political Conditions Conducive to Disease 110129
- Continuing Diseases 115134
- New and Emerging Diseases 120139
- Reemerging Diseases 127146
- Frontiers of Medicine: Trends in Prevention and Treatment 130149
- Some Contemporary Global Public Health Initiatives 132151
- Sources and Further Reading 135154
- Part 2: Epidemics and Human Society 139158
- Chapter 7: Economics and Epidemic Disease 141160
- Chapter 8: Governments, Politics, and Plagues 165184
- Chapter 9: Religion, Magic, and Epidemic Disease 187206
- Chapter 10: War and Epidemics 211230
- The Gathering: Mobilization, Training, Disease, and Infection Prevention 212231
- Before the Shooting Starts: Camp and Garrison Life and Disease 213232
- When the Marching Starts 215234
- War, Disease, and the Noncombatant 223242
- Biological Warfare 227246
- When the Shooting Stops 229248
- Sources and Further Reading 232251
- Chapter 11: Colonialism, Slavery, Racism, and Epidemic Disease 233252
- Chapter 12: Sex and Epidemic Disease 259278
- Chapter 13: Media and Epidemics from Gutenberg to AIDS 279298
- Chapter 14: Disease in the Literary, Visual, and Performing Arts 301320
- Volume 2 2:vii352
- Chapter 1: Malaria in Ancient Rome 1358
- Chapter 2: First Plague Pandemic, 541–747 7364
- Chapter 3: Smallpox Epidemic in Japan, 735–737 15372
- Chapter 4: Leprosy in Medieval Europe 19376
- Chapter 5: The Black Death Begins: The Second Plague Pandemic, 1346–1352 25382
- Chapter 6: Epidemics in Sixteenth-Century America 45402
- Chapter 7: “French Disease” in Sixteenth-Century Europe 59416
- Chapter 8: Epidemics and the Thirty Years’ War, 1618–1648 67424
- Chapter 9: Plague in Italian Cities, 1630s 73430
- Chapter 10: Epidemics in China, 1635–1644 81438
- Chapter 11: Plague in London, 1665 87444
- Chapter 12: Plague in Marseille, 1720–1722 97454
- Chapter 13: Smallpox in Boston, 1721 103460
- Chapter 14: Smallpox in Eighteenth-Century Europe 109466
- Chapter 15: Plague in Moscow, 1771 117474
- Chapter 16: Yellow Fever in Hispaniola, 1793–1804 125482
- Chapter 17: Yellow Fever in Philadelphia, 1793 133490
- Chapter 18: Epidemics in the Napoleonic Wars, 1797–1815 139496
- Chapter 19: Consumption in the Nineteenth Century 143500
- Chapter 20: First Cholera Pandemic, 1817–1824 151508
- Chapter 21: Second Cholera Pandemic, 1827–1835 157514
- Chapter 22: Third Cholera Pandemic, 1839–1856 169526
- Chapter 23: Typhoid Fever in Cities, 1850–1920 179536
- Chapter 24: Yellow Fever in New Orleans, 1853 187544
- Chapter 25: Fourth Cholera Pandemic, 1863–1875 193550
- Chapter 26: Smallpox in Europe, 1870–1875 201558
- Chapter 27: Measles in Fiji, 1875 209566
- Chapter 28: Fifth Cholera Pandemic, 1881–1896 213570
- Chapter 29: Influenza Pandemic, 1889–1893 223580
- Chapter 30: Cholera Epidemic in Hamburg, 1892 227584
- Chapter 31: Third Plague Pandemic, 1894–? 235592
- Chapter 32: Sixth Cholera Pandemic, 1899–1923 247604
- Chapter 33: Sleeping Sickness in East Central Africa, 1900–1905 255612
- Chapter 34: Typhoid Mary’s “Epidemics,” 1906–1915 261618
- Chapter 35: Pneumonic Plague Epidemic in Manchuria, 1910–1911 267624
- Chapter 36: Cholera Epidemic in Naples, 1910–1911 273630
- Chapter 37: Poliomyelitis in the United States, 1916 279636
- Chapter 38: Influenza Pandemic, 1918–1919 285642
- Chapter 39: Poliomyelitis in the United States, 1945–1955 297654
- Chapter 40: Seventh Cholera Pandemic, 1961– 307664
- Chapter 41: Contemporary HIV/AIDS Pandemic, 1980– 313670
- Chapter 42: The Mad Cow Crisis and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies, 1985– 327684
- Chapter 43: Contemporary Malaria 335692
- Chapter 44: Contemporary Tuberculosis 343700
- Chapter 45: SARS Epidemic, East Asia, 2002–2003 349706
- Chapter 46: “Asian Flu” (H1N1) Epidemic, Asia, 2009–2010 355712
- Chapter 47: MERS Epidemic, Middle East, 2012–? 359716
- Chapter 48: Ebola Virus Epidemic, West Africa, 2013–2016 363720
- Chapter 49: Pneumonic Plague Epidemic, Madagascar, 2014–2017 369726
- Chapter 50: Zika Virus Epidemic, Latin America and the Caribbean, 2015–2017 373730
- Chapter 51: Cholera Epidemic, Yemen, 2017–? 377734
- Chapter 52: Contemporary Measles Outbreaks, United States 381738
- Glossary 385742
- Bibliography 391748
- Index 395752
- About the Authors 417774