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Imagining Contagion in Early Modern Europe (Hardcover, 2005 ed.) Loot Price: R1,480
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Imagining Contagion in Early Modern Europe (Hardcover, 2005 ed.): Claire L Carlin

Imagining Contagion in Early Modern Europe (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)

Claire L Carlin

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The ideological underpinnings of early modern theories of contagion are dissected in this volume by an integrated team of literary scholars, cultural historians, historians of medicine and art historians. Even today, the spread of disease inspires moralizing discourse and the ostracism of groups thought responsible for contagion; the fear of illness and the desire to make sense of it are demonstrated in the current preoccupation with HIV, SARS, 'mad cow' disease, West Nile virus and avian flu, to cite but a few contemporary examples. Imagining Contagion in Early Modern Europe explores the nature of understanding when humanity is faced with threats to its well-being, if not to its very survival.

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Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 2005
First published: 2005
Authors: Claire L Carlin
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 289
Edition: 2005 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4039-3926-5
Categories: Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General
Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Infectious & contagious diseases > General
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
LSN: 1-4039-3926-8
Barcode: 9781403939265

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