Epidemics and history : disease, power, and imperialism / Sheldon Watts.

Author/creator Watts, S. J.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 1999, ©1997.
Descriptionxvi, 400 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The human response to plague in Western Europe and the Middle East, 1347 to 1844 -- Dark hidden meanings: leprosy and lepers in the medieval west and in the tropical world under the European imperium -- Smallpox in the New World and in the Old: from holocaust to eradication, 1518 to 1977 -- The secret plague: syphilis in West Europe and East Asia, 1492 to 1965 -- Cholera and civilization: Great Britain and India, 1817 to 1920 -- Yellow fever, malaria and development: Atlantic Africa and the New World, 1647 to 1928.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [368]-384) and index.
Acquisitions source Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection
ISBN0300080875
ISBN9780300080872

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Laupus Books - Stacks WA 11.1 W353E 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold