The first horseman : disease in human history /
Aberth, John, 1963-
The first horseman : disease in human history / John Aberth. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2007. - xii, 177 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Connections : key themes in world history . - Connections (Upper Saddle River, N.J.) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-167) and index.
The types and causes of disease -- The impact of disease -- Disease and the historian -- The spread of diseases -- Disease and society -- A Eurasian pandemic : the black death in Europe and the Middle East, 1347-1350 -- The origins of the black death -- What was the black death? -- The black death as a social force -- The spread of the black death -- The mortality rate of the black death -- A turning point in history? -- Contemporary views of the black death -- The impact of the black death -- American holocaust : smallpox in the Americas, 1518-1670 -- The demographic impact of new diseases in the Americas -- Smallpox : its early history and manifestations -- Defenses against smallpox -- The arrival of smallpox in the Americas -- The impact of new diseases upon American Indians -- The native populations of the Americas -- Epidemics : intentional genocide or unintended consequences? -- The impact of disease on native culture -- Disease and the birth of modern medicine : bubonic and pneumonic plague in India and China, 1896-1921 -- The plague breaks out in India -- The British Raj's response -- The black death and the Indian plague -- Evidence collection and analysis -- Initial colonial policy and native resistance -- New policies -- Lessons learned -- The plague breaks out in Manchuria -- Governmental response -- A modern plague : AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1982 to the present -- The AIDS victims of Sub-Saharan Africa -- The disease's characteristics -- Search for a vaccine and effective therapies -- The origin of AIDS -- Disease transmission -- AIDS as a social construct -- The impact of AIDS -- AIDS compared with past pandemics -- The extraordinary aspects of AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Making connections.
0131893416
2006003601
101266598 DNLM
Communicable diseases--History.
Plague--History.
Smallpox--History.
AIDS (Disease)--History.
Communicable Diseases--history.
Disease Outbreaks--history.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--history.
Communicable Disease Control.
Plague--history.
Smallpox--history.
RA 643 / .A24 2007
616.9/09
WA 11.1 / A147f 2007
The first horseman : disease in human history / John Aberth. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2007. - xii, 177 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Connections : key themes in world history . - Connections (Upper Saddle River, N.J.) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-167) and index.
The types and causes of disease -- The impact of disease -- Disease and the historian -- The spread of diseases -- Disease and society -- A Eurasian pandemic : the black death in Europe and the Middle East, 1347-1350 -- The origins of the black death -- What was the black death? -- The black death as a social force -- The spread of the black death -- The mortality rate of the black death -- A turning point in history? -- Contemporary views of the black death -- The impact of the black death -- American holocaust : smallpox in the Americas, 1518-1670 -- The demographic impact of new diseases in the Americas -- Smallpox : its early history and manifestations -- Defenses against smallpox -- The arrival of smallpox in the Americas -- The impact of new diseases upon American Indians -- The native populations of the Americas -- Epidemics : intentional genocide or unintended consequences? -- The impact of disease on native culture -- Disease and the birth of modern medicine : bubonic and pneumonic plague in India and China, 1896-1921 -- The plague breaks out in India -- The British Raj's response -- The black death and the Indian plague -- Evidence collection and analysis -- Initial colonial policy and native resistance -- New policies -- Lessons learned -- The plague breaks out in Manchuria -- Governmental response -- A modern plague : AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1982 to the present -- The AIDS victims of Sub-Saharan Africa -- The disease's characteristics -- Search for a vaccine and effective therapies -- The origin of AIDS -- Disease transmission -- AIDS as a social construct -- The impact of AIDS -- AIDS compared with past pandemics -- The extraordinary aspects of AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Making connections.
0131893416
2006003601
101266598 DNLM
Communicable diseases--History.
Plague--History.
Smallpox--History.
AIDS (Disease)--History.
Communicable Diseases--history.
Disease Outbreaks--history.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--history.
Communicable Disease Control.
Plague--history.
Smallpox--history.
RA 643 / .A24 2007
616.9/09
WA 11.1 / A147f 2007