Epidemics and Ideas

Epidemics and Ideas
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 364
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ISBN-10 : 052155831X
ISBN-13 : 9780521558310
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Book Synopsis Epidemics and Ideas by : Terence Ranger

Download or read book Epidemics and Ideas written by Terence Ranger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From plague to AIDS, epidemics have been the most spectacular diseases to afflict human societies. This volume examines the way in which these great crises have influenced ideas, how they have helped to shape theological, political and social thought, and how they have been interpreted and understood in the intellectual context of their time.


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