The First Horseman: Disease in Human History

The Types And Causes Of Disease -- The Impact Of Disease -- Disease And The Historian -- The Spread Of Diseases -- Disease And Society -- A Eurasian Pandemic : The Black Death In Europe And The Middle East, 1347-1350 -- The Origins Of The Black Death -- What Was The Black Death? -- The Black Death As A Social Force -- The Spread Of The Black Death -- The Mortality Rate Of The Black Death -- A Turning Point In History? -- Contemporary Views Of The Black Death -- The Impact Of The Black Death -- American Holocaust : Smallpox In The Americas, 1518-1670 -- The Demographic Impact Of New Diseases In The Americas -- Smallpox : Its Early History And Manifestations -- Defenses Against Smallpox -- The Arrival Of Smallpox In The Americas -- The Impact Of New Diseases Upon American Indians -- The Native Populations Of The Americas -- Epidemics : Intentional Genocide Or Unintended Consequences? -- The Impact Of Disease On Native Culture -- Disease And The Birth Of Modern Medicine : Bubonic And Pneumonic Plague In India And China, 1896-1921 -- The Plague Breaks Out In India -- The British Raj's Response -- The Black Death And The Indian Plague -- Evidence Collection And Analysis -- Initial Colonial Policy And Native Resistance -- New Policies -- Lessons Learned -- The Plague Breaks Out In Manchuria -- Governmental Response -- A Modern Plague : Aids In Sub-saharan Africa, 1982 To The Present -- The Aids Victims Of Sub-saharan Africa -- The Disease's Characteristics -- Search For A Vaccine And Effective Therapies -- The Origin Of Aids -- Disease Transmission -- Aids As A Social Construct -- The Impact Of Aids -- Aids Compared With Past Pandemics -- The Extraordinary Aspects Of Aids In Sub-saharan Africa -- Making Connections. John Aberth. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 159-167) And Index.