Slack, Paul.

Plague : a very short introduction / Paul Slack. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2012. - xvi, 138 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; 307. . - Very short introductions ; 307. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-132) and index.

Plague: what's in a name? -- Pandemics and epidemics -- Big impacts: the black death -- Private horrors -- Public health -- Enduring images -- The lessons of histories.

9780199589548 (pbk.) 0199589542 (pbk.)

2012930330

015951255 Uk


Plague--Social aspects.

RA644 / .S65 2012

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