Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present (The Open Yale Courses Series)
K**Y
The history you never knew
To say, this book is fascinating would be an understatement. It puts the history of the world into an entirely new context. Unputdownable.
W**.
Excellent Read
An absolutely fascinating read...and clearly relevant given the state of the COVID pandemic rating around the world. I'm fearful man is just too prideful...
O**A
Good Read
The book served for me as an introduction to the study of pandemics. As the world goes through the Covid-19 Coronavirus, texts such as this show where we are coming from and how to get out of the unpleasant situation.
A**R
An Importand Book to Own.
This Book is to have and Read, especially today's facing a global challenge, we all are together Globally, this book, will relax your cnsciences and accept the fact that indeed we all are together Globally.This book, belong to any and every household,should be available in Library, in any Language possible, andin any school too.Epidemics and Society, it is an open minded book of our Human History.Michos Tzovaras
T**A
Extremely well written and easy to read
The ideas and theories and observations in this book about epidemics and society are fascinating. What a great book to read for help in understanding what we are experiencing today during the covid pandemic and concurrent surge of outrage and rioting over police brutality. It seems that hysteria (and mob violence) is a predictable historical outcome when plagues occur.The scholarship is outstanding. Thank you to the thorough an unpretentious author.
A**R
Great read
Mr Snowden summarizes well the history of the past epidemic from Black Death to recent crisis of Ebola. He gave in depth insights into each epidemics and how we human responds and what lesson to be learnt. He pointed out important challenges for leaders around the world to consider and to act to avoid disastrous consequences from any future epidemics.
D**B
brilliant book
tells you all you need to know about covid's social and economic impact without discussing covid at all
A**R
Destined to become a classic!!
This is an excellent book on the history of plagues and pandemics by a top expert/scholar. I am a historian myself of the medieval and early modern periods, and I believe this timely and highly relevant book will become a classic in the study of these themes and topics.
L**N
Useful
Its good to know what we're up against.
C**N
Excelente obra
Infelizmente ainda não disponível em português, mas a escrita e o vocabulário do livro não são muito exigentes para quem já tem um nível intermediário de leitura em língua inglesa."Epidemics and Society" é um caso raro de estudo que consegue ser amplo sem ser raso. É uma obra que pretende estabelecer uma história das epidemias, mas não se furta de observar e trazer análises sociológicas, políticas, econômicas e demográficas sobre a saúde pública. O único "defeito" do autor é a abordagem predominante sobre o desenvolvimento de epidemias nos EUA e suas repercussões - ao que ele mesmo assume e justifica como um recorte necessário para que seja possível aprofundar e, por isso, usei as aspas -, mas o livro traz pontualmente alguns acontecimentos paralelos sobre as epidemias, com menções mais longas à Índia, China, Japão e aos países europeus, em especial os ocidentais, como também a história das doenças desde a Antiguidade Clássica, remetendo às civilizações do Mediterrâneo. Há um capítulo específico sobre o HIV na África do Sul, capítulo esse que, por sinal, é um dos aprofundados e tocantes sobre o estigma da doença.Logo em suas notas iniciais, em que até comenta sobre o novo coronavírus, o autor menciona um "esquecimento das epidemias", uma espécie de amnésia que impede a realização de todas as constatações que a ciência faz durante uma crise sanitária. Com certeza, a obra de Snowden já é um passo em sentido de registrar e historiografar não apenas as doenças e suas tragédias, mas, em especial, seus esquecimentos.
O**N
It’s all happened before and we’ve survived
Excellent and informative
I**N
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A**R
A Most Informative Book
I recommend reading this book to everyone. It dispelled many of my misunderstandings about infectious dideases. For instance, the recent spread of Ebola in Africa was not due to the consumption of bush meat but due to the dispersal of fruit bat populations as a result of deforestation in the development of oil palm plantations. The book is by far the best account I have read concerning the history of infectious diseases.
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