The first horseman
Subtitle: disease in human history
By: John Aberth
Series: Connections : key themes in world history; Connections (Upper Saddle River, N.J.)
Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Communicable diseases -- History; Plague -- History; Smallpox -- History; AIDS (Disease) -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-167) and index
Table of contents: title: The types and causes of disease; title: The impact of disease; title: Disease and the historian; title: The spread of diseases; title: Disease and society; title: A Eurasian pandemic : the black death in Europe and the Middle East, 1347-1350; title: The origins of the black death; title: What was the black death?; title: The black death as a social force; title: The spread of the black death; title: The mortality rate of the black death; title: A turning point in history?; title: Contemporary views of the black death; title: The impact of the black death; title: American holocaust : smallpox in the Americas, 1518-1670; title: The demographic impact of new diseases in the Americas; title: Smallpox : its early history and manifestations; title: Defenses against smallpox; title: The arrival of smallpox in the Americas; title: The impact of new diseases upon American Indians; title: The native populations of the Americas; title: Epidemics : intentional genocide or unintended consequences?; title: The impact of disease on native culture; title: Disease and the birth of modern medicine : bubonic and pneumonic plague in India and China, 1896-1921; title: The plague breaks out in India; title: The British Raj's response; title: The black death and the Indian plague; title: Evidence collection and analysis; title: Initial colonial policy and native resistance; title: New policies; title: Lessons learned; title: The plague breaks out in Manchuria; title: Governmental response; title: A modern plague : AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1982 to the present; title: The AIDS victims of Sub-Saharan Africa; title: The disease's characteristics; title: Search for a vaccine and effective therapies; title: The origin of AIDS; title: Disease transmission; title: AIDS as a social construct; title: The impact of AIDS; title: AIDS compared with past pandemics; title: The extraordinary aspects of AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa; title: Making connections