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The author also investigates the cultural dimensions of the problem: for instance, the images of syphilis presented in wartime propaganda and the literary connotations associated with the idea of the syphilitic genius. Quetel discusses historical accounts of the spread of syphilis and draws parallels with the current medical and social campaigns against AIDS.
The author also investigates the cultural dimensions of the problem: for instance, the images of syphilis presented in wartime propaganda and the literary connotations associated with the idea of the syphilitic genius. Quetel discusses historical accounts of the spread of syphilis and draws parallels with the current medical and social campaigns against AIDS.
Claude Quétel is a French historian. The author of two dozen books, he has won a number of prizes for his work.
Introduction: Syphilis as a Cultural Phenomenon.
1. A Terrifying Affliction (1495-1519).
2. A Much-disputed Origin.
3. The Great Pox (Sixteenth-Century).
4. From Pestilence to Disease (The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries).
5. The Nineteenth-century Impasse.
6. The Great Turning Point (around 1900).
7. Madmen and Heredos.
8. Syphilis Everywhere (Between the Wars).
9. The Pox and the Prostitute.
10. The End of the Terror (1945 to the Present Day).
Conclusion: From Syphilis to AIDS.
Notes.
Bibliographical Notes.
Chronology.
Index.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 1992 |
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Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780745610306 |
ISBN-10: | 0745610307 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Quétel, Claude |
Auflage: | Revised edition |
Hersteller: | Polity Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 19 mm |
Von/Mit: | Claude Quétel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 08.04.1992 |
Gewicht: | 0,494 kg |
Claude Quétel is a French historian. The author of two dozen books, he has won a number of prizes for his work.
Introduction: Syphilis as a Cultural Phenomenon.
1. A Terrifying Affliction (1495-1519).
2. A Much-disputed Origin.
3. The Great Pox (Sixteenth-Century).
4. From Pestilence to Disease (The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries).
5. The Nineteenth-century Impasse.
6. The Great Turning Point (around 1900).
7. Madmen and Heredos.
8. Syphilis Everywhere (Between the Wars).
9. The Pox and the Prostitute.
10. The End of the Terror (1945 to the Present Day).
Conclusion: From Syphilis to AIDS.
Notes.
Bibliographical Notes.
Chronology.
Index.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 1992 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780745610306 |
ISBN-10: | 0745610307 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Quétel, Claude |
Auflage: | Revised edition |
Hersteller: | Polity Press |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 19 mm |
Von/Mit: | Claude Quétel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 08.04.1992 |
Gewicht: | 0,494 kg |