TY - BOOK AU - Harrison,Mark TI - Disease and the modern world: 1500 to the present day T2 - Themes in history (Polity Press) Themes in history series; Themes in history (Polity Press) SN - 9780745628103 (pbk.) : AV - R131 U1 - 610.903 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Oxford PB - Polity KW - Medicine KW - History KW - Diseases KW - History, Modern N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-260) and index N2 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip047/2003017371.html|| ER -