# Dread

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- Authors: [Philip Alcabes](https://www.bookquiver.com/philip-alcabes)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2010-04-13

## Description

Deaths 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. As Philip Alcabes persuasively argues in Dread , 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.

## Editions

### Dread

- Publisher: publicaffairs
- ISBN: 978-15-8648-809-3
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2010-04-13
- Language: en_GB