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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://hotaudiobook.com/free Title: Dread Subtitle: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu Author: Phillip Alcabes Narrator: Simon Prebble Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 07-28-09 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 17 votes Genres: History, World Publisher's Summary: Alcabes examines epidemics through history to show how they reflect the particular social and cultural anxieties of their times. From Typhoid Mary to bioterrorism, as new outbreaks are unleashed or imagined, new fears surface, new enemies are born, and new behaviors emerge. Dread dissects the fascinating story of the imagined epidemic: the one that we think is happening, or might happen; the one that disguises moral judgments and political agendas; the one that ultimately expresses our deepest fears. Critic Reviews: "Showing how even epidemics hinge on societal attitudes and expectations, A