African AIDS Epidemic A History

Name: African AIDS Epidemic A History
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780821416891

ISBN-10: 0821416898

ISBN-13: 9780821416891

Edition: 2006

Authors: John Iliffe

List price: $32.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Semester Rental: $19.09 Due date: 8/13/2024

Rental notice: supplementary materials (access codes, CDs, etc.) are not guaranteed with rental orders.

Buy used: $7.87

Buy new: $30.12

Marketplace

4 new & used from $4.68

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

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. While Mbeki attributed the causes to poverty and exploita-tion, others have looked to distinctive sexual systems practiced in African cultures and communities. John Iliffe stresses historical sequence. He argues that Africa has had the worst epidemic because the disease was established in the general population before anyone knew the disease existed. HIV evolved with extraordinary speed…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Publication date: 2/15/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 210
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English