Book
Yellow fever, black goddess : the coevolution of people and plagues / Christopher Wills.
Record details
- ISBN: 0201328186
- ISBN: 9780201328189
- Physical Description: xii, 324 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus Pub., c1996.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "Helix books.""First published in the United Kingdom by HarperCollins Publishers under the title Plagues : their origins, history and future"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-317) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- pt. 1. The anatomy of plagues -- 1. The delicate balance between life and death -- 2. The penumbra of disease -- 3. The worst of times -- pt. 2. Chief monster that has plagued the nations yet -- 4. Four tales from the new decameron -- 5. Was the Indian plague actually plague, and if not why not? -- pt. 3. Naïve and cunning diseases -- 6. Cholera, the black one -- 7. A cleaver pathogen -- pt. 4. The challenge of the temperate zones -- 8. An ague very violent -- 9. syphilis and the Faustian bargain -- pt. 5. Plagues, populations and the biosphere -- 10. AIDS and the future of plagues -- 11. Safety in diversity -- 12. Why so many diseases?
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | RA 649 .W55 | 230170 | Stacks | Available | - |
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| 245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aYellow fever, black goddess : ‡bthe coevolution of people and plagues / ‡cChristopher Wills. |
| 246 | 3 | 0. | ‡aCoevolution of people and plagues |
| 260 | . | ‡aCambridge, Mass. : ‡bPerseus Pub., ‡cc1996. | |
| 300 | . | ‡axii, 324 p. : ‡bill. ; ‡c23 cm. | |
| 500 | . | ‡a"Helix books." | |
| 500 | . | ‡a"First published in the United Kingdom by HarperCollins Publishers under the title Plagues : their origins, history and future"--T.p. verso. | |
| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 304-317) and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡gpt. 1. ‡tThe anatomy of plagues -- ‡g1. ‡tThe delicate balance between life and death -- ‡g2. ‡tThe penumbra of disease -- ‡g3. ‡tThe worst of times -- ‡gpt. 2. ‡tChief monster that has plagued the nations yet -- ‡g4. ‡tFour tales from the new decameron -- ‡g5. ‡tWas the Indian plague actually plague, and if not why not? -- ‡gpt. 3. ‡tNaïve and cunning diseases -- ‡g6. ‡tCholera, the black one -- ‡g7. ‡tA cleaver pathogen -- ‡gpt. 4. ‡tThe challenge of the temperate zones -- ‡g8. ‡tAn ague very violent -- ‡g9. ‡tsyphilis and the Faustian bargain -- ‡gpt. 5. ‡tPlagues, populations and the biosphere -- ‡g10. ‡tAIDS and the future of plagues -- ‡g11. ‡tSafety in diversity -- ‡g12. ‡tWhy so many diseases? |
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