TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aberth,John
TI  - The first horseman: disease in human history 
T2  - Connections : key themes in world history
SN  - 0131893416
AV  - RA 643 .A24 2007
U1  - 616.9/09 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, N.J.
PB  - Pearson Prentice Hall
KW  - Communicable diseases
KW  - History
KW  - Plague
KW  - Smallpox
KW  - AIDS (Disease)
KW  - Communicable Diseases
KW  - history
KW  - Disease Outbreaks
KW  - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
KW  - Communicable Disease Control
N1  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip067/2006003601.html
ER  -