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Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Harper Trophy, New York. 1997. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Harper Trophy edition 1997. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light tip bumps; rubbing and superficial scratching to wraps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 212 pp 8vo. Here is a fascinating study of three of the deadliest epidemics in human history: the Black Death, smallpox, and AIDS. Separated by centuries, these diseases evoked eerily similar social, political, and cultural reactions. Each led to new advances in science and medicine, yet each also brought out the tendency to blame and punish, as people sought and explanation for the horrible disaster around them. A clean very presentable copy. David Frampton (ilustrador).…