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Epidemics and the Modern Age

Epidemics and the Modern Age

Chase-Levenson, Alex

Hardcover

General World History

PREORDER - Expected ship date December 16, 2026

ISBN10: 1032160284
ISBN13: 9781032160283
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 16 2026
Pages: 212
Language: English

Epidemics and the Modern Age focuses on the history of disease and its social significance in a global setting, from the Age of Revolutions to the Covid Pandemic, considering tuberculosis, cholera, the plague, Spanish Influenza, HIV/AIDS, and many more.

Blending a history of epidemics with a history of social and cultural responses to disease, the book shows how the spread of illness can be directly linked to the phenomena we sum up with the word modernity the growth of the state, racial and economic inequality, the rise of globalization, urbanization, imperialism, and total war. The book highlights how epidemic outbreaks are moments during which preexisting divisions, cultural assumptions, and bureaucratic blind spots are glaringly magnified and exacerbated. Fear of disease has often been as consequential than disease itself--the experience of living through an epidemic is not reducible to scientific advances and bacteriological details. Through case studies, evocative anecdotes, and a broad research base, this textbook considers disease outbreaks not just from the perspectives of doctors and patients, but also the viewpoints of government workers, travelers, caregivers, and artists, through the lens of culture and critical analysis.

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