AIDS: New Threat to the Third World

Historically, epidemics have been as profound an agent for societal change as wars. The smallpox virus that Cortez loosed upon the Aztecs was largely responsible for Spain’s conquest of this mighty empire. The plague that ravaged 14th-century Europe ruptured the bonds of feudalism, upsetting the power balance between peasant and lord.

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2024-10-14
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https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003575276-47
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HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
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AIDS: New Threat to the Third World

Heise Lori
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HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
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AIDS: New Threat to the Third World

Heise Lori
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Abstract

Historically, epidemics have been as profound an agent for societal change as wars. The smallpox virus that Cortez loosed upon the Aztecs was largely responsible for Spain’s conquest of this mighty empire. The plague that ravaged 14th-century Europe ruptured the bonds of feudalism, upsetting the power balance between peasant and lord.

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