Epidemics in Modern Asia

Epidemics in Modern Asia

Peckham, Robert (The University of Hong Kong)

Cambridge University Press

04/2016

374

Mole

Inglês

9781107446762

15 a 20 dias

The first history of epidemics in modern Asia. Robert Peckham considers the varieties of responses that epidemics have elicited - from India to China and the Russian Far East - and examines the processes that have helped to produce and diffuse disease across the region.
Introduction: contagious histories; 1. Mobility; 2. Cities; 3. Environment; 4. War; 5. Globalization; Conclusion: epidemics and the end of history; Glossary; Select timeline; Suggested reading; Index.
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