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The first horseman: disease in human history
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Table of Contents
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
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-167) and index
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