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505 0 a| Microbes as Agents of Change -- Plague -- Smallpox -- Malaria -- Tuberclosis -- Typhus -- Yellow Fever -- Influenza -- Polio -- HIV/AIDS -- Future of Epidemic Disease;

520 a| 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. The book 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. -- Provided by publisher.;

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Epidemics : the impact of germs and their power over humanity / Joshua S. Loomis.

Author/creator	Loomis, Joshua S. author.
Format	Electronic
Publication	Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]
Description	1 online resource (x, 323 pages)
Supplemental Content	VIEW FULL TEXT
Subjects	Epidemics--History. Communicable diseases--Social aspects. --History. Communicable Diseases--history. Disease Outbreaks--history. Epidemiology--history. Electronic books.

Contents	Microbes as Agents of Change -- Plague -- Smallpox -- Malaria -- Tuberclosis -- Typhus -- Yellow Fever -- Influenza -- Polio -- HIV/AIDS -- Future of Epidemic Disease
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. The book 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. -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description	Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Issued in other form	Print version: Loomis, Joshua S. Epidemics. Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018] 9781440861420
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2017045075
ISBN	9781440861437 (electronic bk.)
ISBN	1440861439 (electronic bk.)
ISBN	(print ; alk. paper)
Stock number	AF6A56CF-783E-4226-862A-EA89BEACC9C4 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

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