Edited by Terence Ranger and Paul Slack. 346 pp. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1992. $49.95. ISBN 0-521-40276-X.
A lengthy introduction and a rondo capriccioso of 12 discreteessays around a unifying theme form this interesting and surprisinglycurrent book. The theme is the historical perception of pestilence,from the first classical report -- Thucydides' description ofthe plague in Athens, circa 430 to 427 B. -- to the AIDS epidemicof the 1980s. In between we are taken on a vertiginous tourthrough more than two millennia. We visit regions of Europe,India, Hawaii, Africa, and the United Kingdom, going from classicaltimes to the early Islamic societies, the Dark Ages, and the18th, 19th, and 20th . . . [Full Text of this Article]
-- to the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s. In between we are taken on a vertiginous tour through more than two millennia. We visit regions of Europe, India, Hawaii, Africa, and the United Kingdom, going from classical times to the early Islamic societies, the Dark Ages, and the 18th, 19th, and 20th 
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