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100	1		_aAberth, John, _d1963-
245	1	4	_aThe first horseman : _bdisease in human history / _cJohn Aberth.
260			_aUpper Saddle River, N.J. : _bPearson Prentice Hall, _cc2007.
300			_axii, 177 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
490	1		_aConnections : key themes in world history
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 159-167) and index.
505	0		_aThe 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 --
505	0		_aThe 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? --
505	0		_aThe 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 --
505	0		_aGovernmental 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.
650		0	_aCommunicable diseases _xHistory.
650		0	_aPlague _xHistory.
650		0	_aSmallpox _xHistory.
650		0	_aAIDS (Disease) _xHistory.
650	1	2	_aCommunicable Diseases _xhistory.
650	1	2	_aDisease Outbreaks _xhistory.
650	2	2	_aAcquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome _xhistory.
650	2	2	_aCommunicable Disease Control.
650	2	2	_aPlague _xhistory.
650	2	2	_aSmallpox _xhistory.
830		0	_aConnections (Upper Saddle River, N.J.)
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip067/2006003601.html
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