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020 _a9780821444429
020 _a0821444425
020 _z9780821420287 (pb : alk. paper)
020 _z0821420283
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
_dBD-SySUS.
043 _af-sa---
082 0 4 _a614.4968
_223
100 1 _aPhillips, H.,
_cPh. D.
245 1 0 _aEpidemics
_h[electronic resource] :
_bthe story of South Africa's five most lethal human diseases /
_cHoward Phillips.
260 _aAthens :
_bOhio University Press,
_c2012.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (156 p.)
490 1 _aOhio short histories of Africa
500 _a"First published as Plague, Pox and Pandemics by Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd in 2012."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aSmallpox, 1713/1893: 'There are no people left, only stones' -- Plague, 1901/1907: 'The dreaded disorder' -- Spanish flu, 1918/1919: 'It threatens the existence of the entire race' -- Poliomyelitis, 1918/1963: 'The middle-class plague' -- HIV/AIDS, 1982/ : 'A catastrophe in slow motion' -- Conclusion.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aDiseases and history
_zSouth Africa.
650 0 _aEpidemics
_zSouth Africa
_xHistory.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
830 0 _aOhio short histories of Africa.
830 0 _aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780821444429/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c35905
_d35905