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When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox and AIDS HarperTrophy ed [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 212 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm, kaal: 340 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 11-Apr-1997
  • Kirjastus: HarperCollins
  • ISBN-10: 0064461955
  • ISBN-13: 9780064461955
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 212 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm, kaal: 340 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 11-Apr-1997
  • Kirjastus: HarperCollins
  • ISBN-10: 0064461955
  • ISBN-13: 9780064461955
The author of The Truth About Unicorns narrates the stories of three major disease epidemics--the bubonic plague, smallpox, and AIDS--that have ravaged humanity and changed the course of human history, detailing the social, political, and cultural repercussions of each. Reprint.Recounts the stories of three major diseases that have ravaged humanity and changed the course of history
Prologue: The Plague of Athens 1(10)
THE BLACK DEATH
Out of the East
11(10)
Between Two Raging Fires
21(9)
Looking for Scapegoats
30(11)
A Changed World
41(5)
The Plague Returns
46(11)
SMALLPOX
The Mysterious Death of a Pharaoh
57(10)
Smallpox Conquers the New World
67(11)
Inoculation: Godsend or Danger?
78(12)
Dr. Jenner's Marvelous Vaccine
90(14)
The End of Smallpox?
104(13)
AIDS
A Mysterious New Disease
117(9)
Frustrations and Fears
126(12)
One Mystery Is Solved
138(15)
An Actor Named Rock
153(8)
``A Normal Happy Teenager''
161(10)
Losses and Memorials
171(6)
No End in Sight
177(12)
Afterword: The Enemy Is Alive and Well 189(8)
Source Notes and Bibliography 197(8)
Index 205