Dread
How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu
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Dread
Narrated by:
Simon Prebble
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Narrated by:
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Simon Prebble
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Written by:
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Phillip Alcabes
About this listen
Alcabes examines epidemics through history to show how they reflect the particular social and cultural anxieties of their times. From Typhoid Mary to bioterrorism, as new outbreaks are unleashed or imagined, new fears surface, new enemies are born, and new behaviors emerge. Dread dissects the fascinating story of the imagined epidemic: the one that we think is happening, or might happen; the one that disguises moral judgments and political agendas; the one that ultimately expresses our deepest fears.
©2009 Philip Alcabes (P)2009 Audible, Inc.
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What the critics say
"Showing how even epidemics hinge on societal attitudes and expectations, Alcabes presents an engrossing, revealing account of the relationship between progress and plague." (Publishers Weekly)