Gospel of Germs: Men, Women and the Microbe in American Life

by NTomes (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $11.74

  Exploring the modern disease consciousness, Nancy Tomes shows how advances in bacteriology in the late-19th century showed people they could prevent disease by taking precautions. The work looks at the history and culture of a long-standing obsession with germs, and its relevance to our own lives.

• New

  Paperback
  1999

  $45.14

  Exploring the modern disease consciousness, Nancy Tomes shows how advances in bacteriology in the late-19th century showed people they could prevent disease by taking precautions. The work looks at the history and culture of a long-standing obsession with germs, and its relevance to our own lives.