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The African Aids Epidemic
John Iliffe
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Description for The African Aids Epidemic
Paperback.
This is an accessible book on the most terrible catastrophe of modern times. This book is aimed initially at students who want to study the history of the Aids epidemic but who currently have no starting point from which to enter the vast and often technical literature. Other readers will also find it a helpful introduction to a subject of immense contemporary importance. This book explains the origins and nature of the virus and the unique epidemic it has caused: the progress of the epidemic across the African continent; thecircumstances that have made its impact so severe; ... Read more
This is an accessible book on the most terrible catastrophe of modern times. This book is aimed initially at students who want to study the history of the Aids epidemic but who currently have no starting point from which to enter the vast and often technical literature. Other readers will also find it a helpful introduction to a subject of immense contemporary importance. This book explains the origins and nature of the virus and the unique epidemic it has caused: the progress of the epidemic across the African continent; thecircumstances that have made its impact so severe; ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780852558904
SKU
V9780852558904
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99-1
About John Iliffe
John Iliffe is Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St John's College
Reviews for The African Aids Epidemic
Historians and interdisciplinary social scientists faced with the task of explaining the HIV/AIDS epidemic to their students can only be grateful to one of the most distinguished Africanist historians, John Iliffe, for his 'introduction' to the history of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Should be on the reading list of every university course that explores the complexity of health crises. For the ... Read more