The greatest killer : smallpox in history ; with a new introduction
In "The greatest killer" Donald R. Hopkins provides a historical account of smallpox beginning with its origins 10,000 years ago in Africa or Asia and tracing its spread through the ancient and modern worlds. Hopkins shows smallpox to be one of the most devastating attacks on society.
Print Book, English, 2002
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University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2002
History
xviii, 380 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780226351667, 9780226351681, 0226351661, 0226351688
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"Originally published as Princes and peasants, 1983"--Title page verso