03417cam a22004934a 4500 14252580 o 20220216110812.0 060201s2007 njua b 001 0 eng 2006003601 101266598 DNLM 0131893416 (OCoLC)ocm63472859 PUL PUL PUL pcc RA 643 .A24 2007 WA 11.1 A147f 2007 616.9/09 22 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 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. 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. Connections (Upper Saddle River, N.J.) Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip067/2006003601.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 32974 32974 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC PUEA PUEA GEN 2022-02-16 DON 2022-14807 0 RA 643 .A24 2007 2022-0078 2022-02-16 00:00:00 2022-02-16 BK