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02799aam a2200553 a 4500 001 9A4B30F0214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230713010558 008 110902s2012 nyuab b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2012930330 020 $a 0199589542 020 $a 9780199589548 035 $a (OCoLC)749871251 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $c NLM $d BTCTA $d UKMGB $d BDX $d YDXCP $d CDX $d NYP $d IXT $d ORX $d NRM $d DLC $d YNK $d NGU $d KMS $d OCLCF $d CNNWL $d CHVBK $d CUI $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OBE $d CNGUL $d OCLCO $d OCLCA $d LIP $d VGM $d CHILD $d OCLCQ $d IL4J6 $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a nlmcopyc 050 00 $a RA644.P7 $b S653 2012 060 00 $a 2012 F-288 060 10 $a WC 355 082 04 $a 614.5732 $2 23 084 $a R51-091 $2 clc 084 $a WC350 $b SLA 100 1 $a Slack, Paul. 245 10 $a Plague : $b a very short introduction / $c Paul Slack. 260 $a New York : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2012. 300 $a xvi, 138 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 18 cm. 490 1 $a Very short introductions ; $v 307 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Plague : what's in a name? -- Pandemics and epidemics -- Big impacts : the black death -- Private horrors -- Public health -- Enduring images -- The lessons of histories. 520 $a This Very Short Introduction explores the historical impact of plague over the centuries, the ways in which it has been interpreted, and the powerful images it has left behind in art and literature. Paul Slack assesses its causes, which have often been disputed and are now being illuminated by microbiologists and archaeologist, and he looks at possible reasons for its periodic disappearance from whole continents. He shows what plague meant for those who suffered from it, and how governments began to fight against it and in doing so invented modern notions of public health. His focus throughout the book is on how people coped with death and disease in epidemic. 650 0 $a Plague $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Plague $x History. 650 12 $a Plague $x history 650 22 $a Disease Outbreaks $x history 650 6 $a Peste $x Aspect social. 650 6 $a Peste $x Histoire. 650 7 $a Plague $x history. $2 cct 650 7 $a Disease Outbreaks $x history. $2 cct 650 7 $a Plague $x Social aspects. $2 cct 650 7 $a Plague. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01065045 650 7 $a Plague $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01065056 650 7 $a Epidemie $2 gnd 650 7 $a Plague $x History. $2 nli 650 7 $a Plague $x Social aspects. $2 nli 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Very short introductions ; $v 307. 941 $a 1 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718090656.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9A4B30F0214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search