Epidemics in Human History
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Epidemics in Human History
Original language description
The chapter is divided into three parts. The first attempts to set epidemics, and particularly plague epidemics, within the broader framework of human history. In order to do that it formulates three perspectives: plague as biological entity, plague as part of historical narrative and finally also plague as literary entity. Second part of the chapter provides an historical overview of what we believe to be plague as well as other selected infectious agents (smallpox, TB, etc.) in mostly European history. The last part of the chapter asks whether history of infectious disease provides some useful insight for our biological future.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
Civilisations: collapse and regeneration : addressing the nature of change and transformation in history
ISBN
978-80-200-2907-2
Number of pages of the result
42
Pages from-to
699-740
Number of pages of the book
820
Publisher name
Academia
Place of publication
Praha
UT code for WoS chapter
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