The disease in human history Aberth, John 1963- creator text bibliography nju Upper Saddle River, N.J Pearson Prentice Hall c2007 2007 monographic eng

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xii, 177 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. 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. John Aberth. Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-167) and index. 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 0131893416 2006003601 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip067/2006003601.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip067/2006003601.html PUL 060201 20220216110812.0 14252580