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Summary: Epidemics in the modern age
Review: At a price of $250 for a new copy this book is destined for the library shelves, or those of the dedicated teacher. The price is not excessive. This is beyond a doubt the best produced, best illustrated, most comprehensive and readible volume of its kind available to the general reader today.
The primary authors, Cliff and Haggett, presented in 1988an earlier atlas that was rigorous in its technical presentation but narrower in its general scope. But then, in 1988, the resurgence of epidemic disease had yet to be fully evidcent.
This book takes full advantage of new mapping technologies (GIS) and available printing technologies. The whole is in quite gorgeous, four-color pages that also include photographs (of virus or bacterium), cultural materials, etc. It is written for general readers for whom modern epidemics are a subject of interest and concern. It is free of equations or algorithms, full of important maps, charts, pictures, and graphs.
The goal is to provide a first reference, one in which the mapping and charting are integrated into a comprehensive and straightward, descriptive approach.
I do wish the original, 1988 volume would be brought out in a new edition. This book compliments but does not replace it. For those seeking a general reference and one that will not only encourage but hold the lay reader . . . it is worth the price. Tom Koch
adj. prof. geography (medical), University of British Columbia.
adj. prof. gerontology, Simon Fraser University.
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