Bibliograph

Encyclopedia of plague and pestilence, from ancient times to the present, George Childs Kohn, editor

Type

Label

Encyclopedia of plague and pestilence, from ancient times to the present, George Childs Kohn, editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Encyclopedia of plague and pestilence

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliographyencyclopedias

Oclc number

528423822

Responsibility statement

George Childs Kohn, editor

Series statement

Gale virtual reference library

Sub title

from ancient times to the present

Summary

Provides concise descriptions of numerous epidemics, listed alphabetically by location of the outbreak. Each detailed entry includes when and where a particular epidemic began, how and why it happened, whom it affected, how it spread and ran its course, and its outcome and significance

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