Disease and the modern world : 1500 to the present day / Mark Harrison.

By:

Harrison, Mark, 1964-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Themes in history (Polity Press) Themes in history series; Themes in history (Polity Press)Publication details: Oxford : Polity, 2004.Description: [vi], 270 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780745628103 (pbk.) :
9780745628097 (hbk.) :
0745628109

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DDC classification:

610.903 22

LOC classification:

R131

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Summary: In this accessible book, Mark Harrison charts the history of disease from the birth of the modern world around 1500 through to the present day. He explores how the rise of modern nation-states was closely linked to the threat posed by disease, and particularly infectious, epidemic disease.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-260) and index.

In this accessible book, Mark Harrison charts the history of disease from the birth of the modern world around 1500 through to the present day. He explores how the rise of modern nation-states was closely linked to the threat posed by disease, and particularly infectious, epidemic disease.

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