History: plagues, diseases, famines

This popular and unusual book by Hans Zinsser, a brilliant physician and researcher, takes an unusual look at history by examining the influence of diseases on society, and will prove a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in biology or medical history.

Verfaultes Korn im Brot, gepanschter Wein, Pferdefleisch in der Lasagne, Hühner im Käfig oder Metallspäne in der Milch – die Liste der Lebensmittelskandale ist lang.

A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern ageIn 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its neighbours.

This volume promotes the use of Historical GIS (H-GIS) for both education and research.

A wide-ranging and dramatic account of the Antonine plague, the mysterious disease that struck the Roman Empire at its pinnacleIn the middle of the second century AD, Rome was at its prosperous and powerful apex.

Includes 36 chapters that deploy interdisciplinary approaches to the analysis of the mutual relationship between pandemics and the built environment.

Die Jahre 1816/17 sahen eine der schlimmsten globalen Hungerkatastrophen der Neuzeit.

Includes 36 chapters that deploy interdisciplinary approaches to the analysis of the mutual relationship between pandemics and the built environment.

Die Ankunft europäischer Kolonisatoren bedeutete für die Ureinwohner Nordamerikas den Beginn einer Tragödie, die bis heute kaum vollständig erzählt ist.

Über die bemerkenswerte Widerstandskraft einer frühneuzeitlichen Gesellschaft angesichts verheerender Epidemien.

Viren haben schon immer die Menschheit beeinflusst – und neuerdings schafft der Mensch selbst die Voraussetzungen für neue Infektionskrankheiten.

From ancient herbal remedies to modern drugs, the field of medicine has evolved dramatically over many centuries.

Eine Welt voller Bedrohungen – eine Forschungsreise in unsere VergangenheitWas geschieht, wenn wir uns bedroht fühlen?

How human institutionsmarkets, states, communities, religions, guilds and familieshave helped both to control and to exacerbate epidemics throughout history.

A sweeping germ's-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemicsPlagues Upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs.

From the author of the modern business classic The Smartest Guys in the Room comes a damning indictment of late-stage capitalism-and the leaders that were brutally unprepared for a global pandemic.

Uncover the gripping narrative of Irish immigrants who transformed America in the aftermath of the Great Hunger.

In the middle of the sixth century, the world's smallest organism collided with the world's mightiest empire.

Die Geschichte der Menschheit ist auch eine der Krankheiten und Seuchen.

In der historischen Aufarbeitung des Ersten Weltkriegs stand auch in Österreich lange Zeit die militärische Sichtweise im Vordergrund.

Es ist viel zu früh, die Geschichte der Pandemie zu schreiben oder ihre sozialen Folgen zu ermessen.

Refreshes the parts other history books can t reach.

@CoronaVid19, el virus que ha contagiado Twitter de sátira y humor negro, revela el plan secreto de las pandemias más letales de la historia para acabar con la humanidad.

The study of pre-modern anthropology requires the close examination of the relationship between nature and human society, which has been both precarious and threatening as well as productive, soothing, inviting, and pleasurable.

The 1840s witnessed widespread hunger and malnutrition at home and mass starvation in Ireland.

The 1840s witnessed widespread hunger and malnutrition at home and mass starvation in Ireland.

Fünf Jahre später: Corona-Aufarbeitung aus schwedischer SichtFrühjahr 2020: Das Covid-19-Virus legt von einem Tag auf den anderen die ganze Welt lahm.

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"Nicht alles ist hin.

Plant Disease covers all aspects of diseases of plants growing in the wild or likely to be encountered on cultivated plants in farm, forest and garden.

Bei aller Heimsuchung und allem Schrecken ist die Geschichte der Seuchen eine Erfolgs- und Fortschrittsgeschichte, und das nicht nur medizinisch.

Imagine a plague so horrific, only forty percent of the population lived to tell the tale.

This volume sheds light on the social and cultural transformations that accompanied the Covid-19 crisis by looking at health and biopolitics from a philosophical and literary perspective.

This Element is about the creation and curation of social memory in pharaonic and Greco-Roman Egypt.

How human institutionsmarkets, states, communities, religions, guilds and familieshave helped both to control and to exacerbate epidemics throughout history.

This volume aims to take up the theme of the relationship between faith and pestilence, which, despite its topicality, is rooted in a long-term dimension that involves different areas of knowledge.

Karl Lennerts Fallsammlung und die Etablierung biowissenschaftlicher Forschung in der Medizin: Ein unscheinbarer Karteikasten als wissenschaftsgeschichtlicher Akteur.

Medicine tells the fascinating history of medicine through the ages to the present day.