{"product_id":"twelve-diseases-that-changed-our-world-by-irwin-w-sherman-9781555814663","title":"Twelve Diseases that Changed Our World","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiseases have significantly shaped the course of the world's history. From the fourteenth-century plague to HIV\/AIDS today, diseases have fundamentally altered the shape of society, politics, and culture. In a sweeping, thoughtful account, \u003cem\u003eTwelve Diseases that Changed Our World\u003c\/em\u003e considers the history of twelve important diseases: their impact, their consequences, their costs, and the lessons learned.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExamining haemophilia, blight, tuberculosis, cholera, smallpox, bubonic plague, influenza, malaria, yellow fever, syphilis, porphyria, and AIDS, this book not only covers the diseases' histories but also addresses public health responses and societal upheavals. Historical perspectives on these diseases will be indispensable for a better understanding of how we and our forebears survived the onslaught of \"plagues\" and how we might avoid their devastating consequences in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCrucial to this examination is exploring how past experience can help us to deal effectively with \"coming plagues.\" Whether attempts to control outbreaks were successful or not, lessons can be learned that are crucial for disease containment today. Most significantly, this book explains the lessons learned from attempts to contain past disease outbreaks and how that knowledge can be utilised in the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the challenges that a major epidemic presents, \u003cem\u003eTwelve Diseases that Changed Our World\u003c\/em\u003e also details various past successes in which diseases were brought under control and social disorder was minimised.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eChronicles the ways disease outbreaks shaped traditions and institutions of Western civilisation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eExplains the effects, causes, and outcomes from past epidemics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eDescribes a dozen diseases to show how disease control either was achieved or failed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eMakes clear the interrelationship between diseases and history.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003ePresents material in a compelling, clear, and jargon-free prose for a wide audience.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eProvides a picture of the best practices for dealing with disease outbreaks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464744321260,"sku":"9781555814663","price":51.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781555814663-twelve-diseases-that-changed-our-world.jpg?v=1775052859","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/twelve-diseases-that-changed-our-world-by-irwin-w-sherman-9781555814663","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}