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To Fiji with Measles

Terence Ranger

  • The Black Death and the Transformation of the West by David Herlihy
  • Plague, Pox and Pestilence edited by Kenneth Kiple
  • Epidemics and History: Disease, Power and Imperialism by Sheldon Watts

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Terence Ranger is a social historian of Africa and a visiting professor at the University of Zimbabwe.

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