Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to the Avian Flu
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Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to the Avian Flu

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The average individual is far more likely to die in a car accident than from a communicable disease...yet we are still much more fearful of the epidemic. Even at our most level-headed, the thought of an epidemic can inspire terror. As Philip Alcabes persuasively argues in Dread, our anxieties about epidemics are created not so much by the germ or microbe in question-or the...more
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Published April 13th 2009 by Public Affairs (first published March 6th 2009)
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David
Apr 10, 2013 David rated it 4 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition
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This is an excellent primer for the subject of the history of disease, medical science, and the popular reactions to epidemics and pandemics. If you are well acquainted with the history it may read as redundant but for those new to the topic it is highly recommended.

Accessible, intelligent, adroit, enlightening, and entertaining.

Highly Recommended.
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Nicole
Jan 16, 2011 Nicole rated it 4 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition
I'm unhappy that I ended up deleting my review of this book due to a duplication on my shelf - I was trying to delete the duplicate and they both disappeared. I remember this as an interesting book, though.
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James Blatter
Mar 22, 2011 James Blatter rated it 5 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition
Fascinating story of how disease has transformed society and civilization. Well written and paced never drags as some similar non-fiction has. Truely enjoyable history
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