The Resource Plagues in world history, John Aberth
Plagues in world history, John Aberth
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The item Plagues in world history, John Aberth represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Plagues in world history, John Aberth represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Plagues in World History provides a concise, comparative world history of catastrophic infectious diseases, including plague, smallpox, tuberculosis, cholera, influenza, and AIDS. Geographically, these diseases have spread across the entire globe; temporally, they stretch from the sixth century to the present. John Aberth considers not only the varied impact that disease has had upon human history but also the many ways in which people have been able to influence diseases simply through their cultural attitudes toward them. The author argues that the ability of humans to alter disease, even wi
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (v, 244 pages)
- Contents
-
- Introduction; Chapter 1: Plague; Chapter 2: Smallpox; Chapter 3: Tuberculosis; Chapter 4: Cholera; Chapter5: Influenza; Chapter 6: AIDS; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
- Isbn
- 9781282922686
- Label
- Plagues in world history
- Title
- Plagues in world history
- Statement of responsibility
- John Aberth
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Plagues in World History provides a concise, comparative world history of catastrophic infectious diseases, including plague, smallpox, tuberculosis, cholera, influenza, and AIDS. Geographically, these diseases have spread across the entire globe; temporally, they stretch from the sixth century to the present. John Aberth considers not only the varied impact that disease has had upon human history but also the many ways in which people have been able to influence diseases simply through their cultural attitudes toward them. The author argues that the ability of humans to alter disease, even wi
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Aberth, John
- Dewey number
- 614.4
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RA649
- LC item number
- .A24 2011eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
-
- 2011 E-466
- WA 11.1
- NLM item number
- A147p 2011
- Series statement
- Exploring world history
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Epidemics
- Communicable diseases
- Epidemics
- Communicable Diseases
- MEDICAL
- MEDICAL
- Communicable diseases
- Epidemics
- Epidemieën
- Label
- Plagues in world history, John Aberth
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction; Chapter 1: Plague; Chapter 2: Smallpox; Chapter 3: Tuberculosis; Chapter 4: Cholera; Chapter5: Influenza; Chapter 6: AIDS; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
- Control code
- 694787198
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (v, 244 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781282922686
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9786612922688
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 52e866b5-f02b-42e6-b119-b2782a5d7e3b
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)694787198
- Label
- Plagues in world history, John Aberth
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction; Chapter 1: Plague; Chapter 2: Smallpox; Chapter 3: Tuberculosis; Chapter 4: Cholera; Chapter5: Influenza; Chapter 6: AIDS; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
- Control code
- 694787198
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (v, 244 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781282922686
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 9786612922688
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 52e866b5-f02b-42e6-b119-b2782a5d7e3b
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)694787198
Subject
- Communicable Diseases -- history
- Communicable diseases
- Communicable diseases -- History
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Epidemics
- Epidemics -- History
- Epidemics -- history
- Epidemieën
- History
- MEDICAL -- Health Risk Assessment
- MEDICAL -- Epidemiology
Genre
Member of
- Exploring world history
- Ebook Central Academic Complete
- EBSCO eBook Public Library Collection-North America
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