Howard Phillips

Epidemics

The Story of South Africa's Five Most Lethal Human Diseases

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first history of epidemics in South Africa, lethal episodes that shaped this society over three centuries. Focusing on five devastating diseases between 1713 and todayâ smallpox, bubonic plague, â Spanish influenza,â polio, and HIV/AIDSâ the book probes their origins, their catastrophic courses, and their consequences.

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Produktdetails

• Ohio Short Histories of Africa
• Verlag: Ohio University Press
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 177mm x 106mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 156g
• ISBN-13: 9780821420287
• ISBN-10: 0821420283
• Artikelnr.: 35686091

Autorenporträt

Howard Phillips is a professor in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Cape Town, where he pioneered research in and the teaching of the social history of medicine and disease. He is the author or coauthor of numerous works, including "Black October": The Impact of the Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918 on South Africa.