Return of the Black Death : The World's Greatest Serial Killer

Scott, Susan/ Duncan, Chrisopher

Wiley（2004/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 310 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780470090008
• DDC分類 614.57320905

Full Description

If the twenty-first century seems an unlikely stage for the return of a 14th-century killer, the authors of Return of the Black Death argue that the plague, which vanquished half of Europe, has only lain dormant, waiting to emerge again-perhaps, in another form. At the heart of their chilling scenario is their contention that the plague was spread by direct human contact (not from rat fleas) and was, in fact, a virus perhaps similar to AIDS and Ebola. Noting the periodic occurrence of plagues throughout history, the authors predict its inevitable re-emergence sometime in the future, transformed by mass mobility and bioterrorism into an even more devastating killer.

Contents

Preface. Introduction.Chapter 1: Birth of a Serial Killer.Chapter 2: The Black Death Crosses the Channel.Chapter 3: After the Black Death: The French Connection.Chapter 4: Tentacles of the Plague.Chapter 5: England under Siege.Chapter 6: Portrait of an Epidemic.Chapter 7: The Great Plague of London.Chapter 8: How Bugs and Germs Operate.Chapter 9: Building an Identikit of the Killer.Chapter 10: Debunking History.Chapter 11: The Biology of Bubonic Plague: A Myth Revisited.Chapter 12: DNA Analysis: A Red Herring.Chapter 13: The True Story of a Historic Village.Chapter 14: The Surprising Link between AIDS and the Black Death.Chapter 15: Assembling the Jigsaw Puzzle.Chapter 16: The Black Death in Hiding.Chapter 17: Why Did Haemorrhagic Plague Suddenly Disappear?Chapter 18: The Dangers of Emergent Diseases.Chapter 19: The Return of the Black Death?Chapter 20: Is There Something more Terrible than the Black Death?Further Reading.Index.