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100 1 |a Aberth, John,  |d 1963- 
245 1 4 |a The first horseman :  |b disease in human history /  |c John Aberth. 
264 1 |a Upper Saddle River, N.J. :  |b Pearson Prentice Hall,  |c [2007] 
264 4 |c ©2007 
300 |a xii, 177 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 23 cm. 
336 |a text  |2 rdacontent  |b txt 
337 |a unmediated  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |2 rdacarrier  |b nc 
490 1 |a Connections : key themes in world history 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-167) and index. 
505 0 |a 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 
650 0 |a Communicable diseases  |x History. 
650 0 |a Plague  |x History. 
650 0 |a Smallpox  |x History. 
650 0 |a AIDS (Disease)  |x History. 
650 2 |a Communicable Diseases  |x history. 
650 2 |a Disease Outbreaks  |x history. 
650 2 |a Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome  |x history. 
650 2 |a Communicable Disease Control. 
650 2 |a Plague  |x history. 
650 2 |a Smallpox  |x history. 
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