Africa in the Time of Cholera: A History of Pandemics from 1817 to the Present

by Myron Echenberg

Book Overview

This book combines evidence from natural and social sciences to examine the impact on Africa of seven cholera pandemics since 1817, particularly the current impact of cholera on such major countries as Senegal, Angola, Mozambique, Congo, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Myron Echenberg highlights the irony that this once-terrible scourge, having receded from most of the globe, now kills thousands of Africans annually - Africa now accounts for more than...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521188202
• ISBN13: 9780521188203
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"