{"product_id":"dread-philip-alcabes-9781586488093","title":"Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu","description":"\u003cb\u003eDeaths from epidemic disease are rare in the developed world, yet in our technically and medically advanced society, an ever-present risk of disease has created an industry out of fear.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Philip Alcabes persuasively argues in \u003ci\u003eDread\u003c\/i\u003e, our anxieties about epidemics often stray from the facts on the ground. In a fascinating exploration of the social and cultural history of epidemics, Alcabes delivers a different narrative of disease-one that requires that we reexamine our choice of enemies, and carefully consider the potential motivation of epidemic alarm-bells to further medical, moral, or political campaigns. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Alcabes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1586488090\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781586488093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.90d","brand":"Philip Alcabes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989332721919,"sku":"9781586488093","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_21a5b4c8-7bc3-491d-a821-476abe879eb3.jpg?v=1683298916","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dread-philip-alcabes-9781586488093","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}