{"product_id":"the-burdens-of-disease-epidemics-and-human-response-in-western-history-paperback-softback-9780813546131","title":"The Burdens of Disease; Epidemics and Human Response in Western History (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813546131","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Burdens of Disease\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEpidemics and Human Response in Western History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ. N. Hays (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813546131\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 October 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e390 pages, 10 illustrations. 10 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 2.3 cm, 0.567 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Hays has written a remarkable book. He too has a message: that epidemics are primarily dependent on poverty and that the West has consistently refused to accept this. Hays's book should be in every undergraduate library and be recommended reading, as a whole or in part, in a wide range of history of medicine courses.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e (Isis) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Required reading for any university-level course on the social history of disease and, indeed, of medicine generally. A masterly and reliable synthesis.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e (American Historical Review) \u003cdiv\u003e\"This is an impressive piece of work. It delivers more than it promises, for it not only treats epidemics and Western responses to them, but also discusses conflicting ideas about disease in relation to such topics as population, tuberculosis, technology, and empire-and all in a lucid, even-handed, and generous way. A fine and focused overview of a significant range of topics in the history of medicine.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e - M. Jeanne Peterson (Indiana University) \u003cdiv\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eThe Burdens of Disease\u003c\/i\u003e J. N. Hays has synthesized a very large literature dealing with the history of medicine and disease. The result is an original and impressive book that deserves a wide readership. It provides a fascinating perspective on contemporary health issues.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e - Gerald Grob (Institute for Health Policy, Rutgers University) \u003cdiv\u003e\"An impressive text. Hays has presented us with a well-researched and insightful thesis, which deserves a wide readership not only among the microbiologically inclined, but also among all those concerned with the impact of microbial disease on public policy.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e (Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eA review of the original edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Burdens of Disease\u003c\/i\u003e that appeared in ISIS stated, \u003ci\u003e\"Hays has written a remarkable book. He too has a message: That epidemics are primarily dependent on poverty and that the West has consistently refused to accept this.\"\u003c\/i\u003e This revised edition confirms the book's timely value and provides a sweeping approach to the history of disease.\u003cp\u003eIn this updated volume, with revisions and additions to the original content, including the evolution of drug-resistant diseases and expanded coverage of HIV\/AIDS, along with recent data on mortality figures and other relevant statistics, J. N. Hays chronicles perceptions and responses to plague and pestilence over two thousand years of western history. Disease is framed as a multidimensional construct, situated at the intersection of history, politics, culture, and medicine, and rooted in mentalities and social relations as much as in biological conditions of pathology. This revised edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Burdens of Disease\u003c\/i\u003e also studies the victims of epidemics, paying close attention to the relationships among poverty, power, and disease.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Tables ix\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne:\u003c\/i\u003e The Western Inheritance: Greek and Roman Ideas about Disease 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo:\u003c\/i\u003e Medieval Diseases and Responses 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree:\u003c\/i\u003e The Great Plague Pandemic 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFour: \u003c\/i\u003eNew Diseases and Transatlantic Exchanges 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFive: \u003c\/i\u003eContinuity and Change: Magic, Religion, Medicine, and Science, 500–1700 77\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSix:\u003c\/i\u003e Disease and the Enlightenment 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeven: \u003c\/i\u003eCholera and Sanitation 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEight: \u003c\/i\u003eTuberculosis and Poverty 155\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNine: \u003c\/i\u003eDisease, Medicine, and Western Imperialism 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTen: \u003c\/i\u003eThe Scientific View of Disease and the Triumph of Professional Medicine 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEleven: \u003c\/i\u003eThe Apparent End of Epidemics 243\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwelve:\u003c\/i\u003e Disease and Power 283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes 315\u003cbr\u003e Suggestions for Further Reading 341\u003cbr\u003e Index 357\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559291482392,"sku":"9780813546131","price":28.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-burdens-of-disease-epidemics-and-human-response-in-western-history-paperback-softback-9780813546131","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}