Africa in the time of cholera : a history of pandemics from 1815 to the present /

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Author / Creator:Echenberg, Myron J.
Imprint:New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Description:xvi, 208 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:African studies ; 114
African studies series ; 114.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8363985
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ISBN:9781107001497 (hardback)
1107001498 (hardback)
9780521188203 (pbk.)
0521188202 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This book combines evidence from natural and social sciences to examine the impact on Africa of seven cholera pandemics since 1817"--Provided by publisher.

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