Plague

Author: Paul Slack
Edition: 1
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B0074IDMG0
Category: Medical

Plague: A Very Short Introduction

Throughout history plague has been the cause of many major catastrophes. Download Plague medical books for free.
It was responsible for the Black Death of 1348 and the Great Plague of London in 1665, and for devastating epidemics much earlier and much later, in the Mediterranean in the sixth century, and in China and India between the 1890s and 1920s. Today, it has become a metaphor for other epidemic disasters which appear to threaten us, but plague itself has never been eradicated. In this Very Short Introduction, Paul Slack explores the historical impact of plague over the centuries, looking at the ways in which it has been interpreted, and the powerful images it has left behind in art and literature. Examining what plague meant for those who suffered from it, and how governments Get Plague our bestseller medical books.

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