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August 18, 2007
October 25: Confessions of a Germ--The Plague
Gruesome, swift, and devastating, the Black Death is aptly named. In this program, plague tells its chilling story, recounting its infamous epidemic outbreaks through the ages and detailing its grim pathology. Differences between bubonic and pneumonic forms are explained and illustrated with dramatizations of plague victims and interviews with survivors. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plague specialists Drs. Kenneth Gage and David Dennis discuss the battle in the American Southwest to contain this deadly pathogen. Dr. Ken Alibek, former director of the Soviet bioweapons program, and other experts look at the threat of plague's use in the future. A Discovery Channel Production. (51 minutes) -from the Films for Humanities and Sciences website
Websites
Black Death, British Brodcasting Co.
The Great Plague, British TV Channel 4
Books
The first horseman : disease in human history / John Aberth.
Hodges Library / Culture Corner 1st Floor: RA643 .A24 2007
Plague ports : the global urban impact of bubonic plague,1894-1901 / Myron Echenberg.
Hodges Library / Culture Corner 1st Floor: RA644.P7 E34 2006
The Black Death, 1346-1353 : the complete history / Ole J. Benedictow.
Hodges Library / Culture Corner 1st Floor: RC172 .B46 2004
Return of the Black Death : the world's greatest serial killer / Susan Scott and Christopher Duncan.
Hodges Library / Culture Corner 1st Floor: RC171 .S36 2004
Famine and pestilence in the late Roman and early Byzantine empire : a systematic survey of subsistence crises and epidemics / Dionysios Ch. Stathakopoulos.
Hodges Library / Stacks: R135 .S794 2004
Plague : a story of science, rivalry, and the scourge that won't go away / Edward Marriott.
Hodges Library / Stacks: RC172 .M374 2003
Plague's progress : a social history of man and disease / Arno Karlen.
Hodges Library / Culture Corner 1st Floor: RA651 .K37 1995
The great mortality : an intimate history of the Black Death, the most devastating plague of all time / John Kelly.
Hodges Library / Culture Corner 1st Floor: RC172 .K445 2005
Posted by Donna Braquet at August 18, 2007 05:08 PM