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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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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
AIDS (Disease) -- Africa -- History.
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AIDS (Disease) |
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Africa. |
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History. |
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Africa. |
Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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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) |
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0821442732 (electronic book) |
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082141688X (cloth ; Ohio University) |
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9780821416884 (cloth ; Ohio University) |
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0821416898 (paper ; Ohio University) |
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9780821416891 (paper ; Ohio University) |
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0852558910 (cloth ; James Currey) |
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9780852558911 (cloth ; James Currey) |
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0852558902 (paper ; James Currey) |
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9780852558904 (paper ; James Currey) |
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1770130489 (paper ; Double Storey) |
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9781770130487 (paper ; Double Storey) |
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