When plague strikes : the Black Death, smallpox, AIDS /

"Compassionate and arresting, this exploration of three major diseases that have changed the course of history the bubonic plague, smallpox, and AIDS chronicles their fearsome death toll, their lasting social, economic, and political implications, and how medical knowledge and treatments have a...

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Autor principal: Giblin, James Cross, 1933-2016
Otros Autores: Frampton, David (il.)
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: New York : HarperCollins, c1995.
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245 1 0 |a When plague strikes :  |b the Black Death, smallpox, AIDS /  |c by James Cross Giblin ; woodcuts by David Frampton. 
260 |a New York :  |b HarperCollins,  |c c1995. 
300 |a xii, 212 p. :  |b il. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 197-204) e índice. 
505 0 |a Black death -- Out of the east -- Between two raging fires -- Looking for scapegoats -- Changed world -- Plague returns -- Smallpox -- Mysterious death of a pharaoh -- Smallpox conquers the new world -- Inoculation: Godsend or dangers -- Dr. Jenner's marvelous vaccine -- End of smallpox -- Mysterious new disease -- Frustrations and fears -- One mystery is solved -- Actor named Rock -- Normal happy teenager -- Losses and memorials -- No end in sight. 
520 |a "Compassionate and arresting, this exploration of three major diseases that have changed the course of history the bubonic plague, smallpox, and AIDS chronicles their fearsome death toll, their lasting social, economic, and political implications, and how medical knowledge and treatments have advanced as a result of the crises they have occasioned." --Descripción del editor. 
650 0 |a Plague  |x History  |v Juvenile literature. 
650 0 |a Smallpox  |x History  |v Juvenile literature. 
650 0 |a AIDS (Disease)  |x History  |v Juvenile literature. 
650 7 |a Peste bubónica  |x Historia  |v Literatura juvenil.  |2 UDESA 
650 7 |a Viruela  |x Historia  |v Literatura juvenil.  |2 UDESA 
650 7 |a SIDA (Enfermedad)  |x Historia  |v Literatura juvenil.  |2 UDESA 
700 1 |a Frampton, David,  |e il.