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流行病与社会：从黑死病开始的瘟疫史
(u. S.) Frank M. Snowden
"Epidemics and Society" tells the terrifying and shocking history of plagues over the millennium. Deadly threats from microorganisms have approached mankind countless times: plague; smallpox; yellow fever; dysentery; typhus; cholera; tuberculosis; malaria; polio; AIDS; SARS; Ebola virus... In response to these epidemics that have profoundly affected human history, Snowden blended professional and authoritative medical knowledge with magnificent historical narratives. The scope of this book is extremely wide, spanning ancient and modern times, and all over the world. It conducts in-depth multidisciplinary comparative research between medicine and social history, revealing to us the interactive impact of epidemics and society: on the one hand, how diseases promote the development of medical science and public health, and how they shape art, religion, intellectual history, and war patterns; on the other hand, how social factors allow diseases to obtain a suitable environment, spread rapidly, and wreak havoc on mankind.
"Epidemics and Society" tells the terrifying and shocking history of plagues over the millennium. Deadly threats from microorganisms have approached mankind countless times: plague; smallpox; yellow fever; dysentery; typhus; cholera; tuberculosis; malaria; polio; AIDS; SARS; Ebola virus... In response to these epidemics that have profoundly affected human history, Snowden blended professional and authoritative medical knowledge with magnificent historical narratives. The scope of this book is extremely wide, spanning ancient and modern times, and all over the world. It conducts in-depth multidisciplinary comparative research between medicine and social history, revealing to us the interactive impact of epidemics and society: on the one hand, how diseases promote the development of medical science and public health, and how they shape art, religion, intellectual history, and war patterns; on the other hand, how social factors allow diseases to obtain a suitable environment, spread rapidly, and wreak havoc on mankind.