Epidemics : the story of South Africa's five most lethal human diseases
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Epidemics : the story of South Africa's five most lethal human diseases
（Ohio short histories of Africa）
Ohio University Press, 2012
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Plague, pox and pandemics
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"First published as Plague, pox and pandemics by Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd in 2012"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-165) and index
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内容説明
This is the first history of epidemics in South Africa, lethal episodes that significantly shaped this society over three centuries. Focusing on five devastating diseases between 1713 and today-smallpox, bubonic plague, "Spanish influenza," polio, and HIV/AIDS-the book probes their origins, their catastrophic courses, and their consequences in both the short and long terms. The impacts of these epidemics ranged from the demographic-the "Spanish flu," for instance, claimed the lives of six percent of the country's population in six weeks-to the political, the social, the economic, the spiritual, the psychological, and the cultural. Moreover, as each of these epidemics occurred at crucial moments in the country's history-such as during the South African War and World War I-the book also examines how these processes affected and were affected by the five epidemics. To those who read this book, history will not look the same again.
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