William C. Cockerham is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Chair Emeritus at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Research Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park.

• PrefaceChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Pandemics: A Historical PerspectiveChapter 3: A Sociological Approach to the Study of PandemicsChapter 4: The Biological and Social Origins of PandemicsChapter 5: Medicine as a Social InstitutionChapter 6: Religion and GovernmentChapter 7: Politics, Law, and the MediaChapter 8: Social Class and InequalityChapter 9: Age, Gender, and RaceChapter 10: Pandemic EndingsReferencesNotes

William C. Cockerham is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Chair Emeritus at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Research Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park.

• PrefaceChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Pandemics: A Historical PerspectiveChapter 3: A Sociological Approach to the Study of PandemicsChapter 4: The Biological and Social Origins of PandemicsChapter 5: Medicine as a Social InstitutionChapter 6: Religion and GovernmentChapter 7: Politics, Law, and the MediaChapter 8: Social Class and InequalityChapter 9: Age, Gender, and RaceChapter 10: Pandemic EndingsReferencesNotes

William C. Cockerham is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Chair Emeritus at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Research Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park.

• PrefaceChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Pandemics: A Historical PerspectiveChapter 3: A Sociological Approach to the Study of PandemicsChapter 4: The Biological and Social Origins of PandemicsChapter 5: Medicine as a Social InstitutionChapter 6: Religion and GovernmentChapter 7: Politics, Law, and the MediaChapter 8: Social Class and InequalityChapter 9: Age, Gender, and RaceChapter 10: Pandemic EndingsReferencesNotes