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Author Iliffe, John.

Title The African AIDS epidemic : a history / John Iliffe.

Publication Info. Athens : Ohio University Press ; Oxford : James Currey ; Cape Town, South Africa : Double Storey, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 214 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium monochrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-208) and index.
Contents Intentions -- Origins -- Epidemic in Western Equatorial Africa -- The drive to the East -- The conquest of the South -- The penetration of the West -- Causation: a synthesis -- Responses from above -- Views from below -- NGOs & the evolution of care -- Death & the household -- The epidemic matures -- Containment -- Conclusion.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Summary This history of the African AIDS epidemic is a much-needed, accessibly written historical account of the most serious epidemiological catastrophe of modern times. The African AIDS Epidemic: A History answers President Thabo Mbeki's provocative question as to why Africa has suffered this terrible epidemic.
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Subject AIDS (Disease) -- Africa -- History.
AIDS (Disease)
Africa.
History.
Africa.
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Iliffe, John. African AIDS epidemic. Athens : Ohio University Press ; Oxford : James Currey ; Cape Town, South Africa : Double Storey, 2006 (DLC) 2005054660 (OCoLC)61758740
ISBN 9780821442739 (electronic book)
0821442732 (electronic book)
082141688X (cloth ; Ohio University)
9780821416884 (cloth ; Ohio University)
0821416898 (paper ; Ohio University)
9780821416891 (paper ; Ohio University)
0852558910 (cloth ; James Currey)
9780852558911 (cloth ; James Currey)
0852558902 (paper ; James Currey)
9780852558904 (paper ; James Currey)
1770130489 (paper ; Double Storey)
9781770130487 (paper ; Double Storey)