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 today-smallpox, bubonic plague, “Spanish influenza,” polio, and HIV/AIDS-the book probes their origins, their catastrophic courses, and their consequences.
Epidemics: The Story of South Africa?s Five Most Lethal Human Diseases 1st Edition by Phillips, Howard and Publisher Ohio University Press . Save up to 80% by choosing the eTextbook option for ISBN: 9780821444429, 0821444425. The print version of this textbook is ISBN: 9780821420287, 0821420283.
