| Description |
xxvii, 485 pages : illustrations (some color), charts, map, portraits ; 31 cm. |
| Series |
Opinions throughout history ; 13 |
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Opinions throughout history ; 13.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Table of Contents -- The American Plague -- Bringing Diseases to America (1620) -- The Grinning Death -- The History of Lockjaw (300 BCE-1924) -- The Children's Disease -- The Effort to Beat Whooping Cough (1200s-1914) -- The Black Death -- The Bubonic Plague in History and in the Modern World (1347-Present) -- The Strangling Angel of Children -- The Diphtheria Epidemic in America (1613-1925) -- The Colonialist Disease -- Smallpox and the Making of America (6th Century-1770) -- The First Vaccine -- Development of the First Vaccine for Smallpox (1796-1979) -- Fear of Science -- The Origin of the Anti-Vaccination Movement (1809-1905) -- Another Childhood Menace -- The Effort to Combat Measles (1765-1963) -- Measles Strikes Back -- The Resurgence of Measles and the Anti-Vaccination Movement (1981-1991) -- Yellow Fever and the Mosquito Problem -- Insect Vectors in Epidemic Diseases (1793-1953) -- The Riparian Plague -- The Spread of Cholera across the World (1817-1866) -- The Red Rash -- The Scarlet Fever Epidemic in American Popular Culture (1858-Present) -- Marsh Fever -- The Global Threat of Malaria (1897-Present) -- The Infamous Typhoid Mary -- The Typhoid Plague and Asymptomatic Carriers (1906-1907) -- A Non-Spanish Flu -- The Spanish Flu Epidemic and the History of Influenza (1918-1919) -- A Presidential Disease -- Polio and the Creation of America's Vaccination Culture (1916-1955) -- America's Disease Authority. |
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The Formation of the Centers for Disease Control (1914-1946) -- The Global Health Problem -- The Foundations of the World Health Organization (1948) -- The Asian Flu -- The H2N2 Influenza Outbreak (1957) -- The Hong Kong Flu -- The 1968 Influenza Pandemic (1968) -- The DTP Controversy -- The DTP Debate and Anti-Vaccination (1970s) -- Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Politics and Prejudice -- The HIV Pandemic and the Impact of Prejudice on Public Health (1981) -- The Autism Myth -- The MMR Vaccine and the Autism Controversy (1998-Present) -- The First Coronavirus -- The 2002 SARS Pandemic and the WHO and CDC Response (2002-Present) -- The Bird Flu -- The 2006 Pandemic and the Problem of Avian Carriers -- (2006-Present) -- Return of the Coronavirus -- Early History of the COVID-19 Crisis (2019) -- America in the Age of COVID -- The American Reaction to COVID-19 (2020) -- Conclusion -- Managing Fear and "I" Thinking -- Appendices -- Notes -- Primary and Secondary Sources -- Glossary -- Historical Snapshots -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index. |
| Summary |
Provides an overview of major outbreaks that decimated populations and established the makeup of the modern world as well as discussing how societies over time have reacted to such events. |
| Audience |
10-A. |
| Subject |
Epidemics -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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Communicable diseases -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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COVID-19 (Disease) -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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COVID-19 (Disease) -- History -- Sources.
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| ISBN |
9781642658446 |
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1642658448 |
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