books.google.com - A review of the original edition of The Burdens of Disease that appeared in ISIS stated, "Hays has written a remarkable book. He too has a message: That epidemics are primarily dependent on poverty and that the West has consistently refused to accept this." This revised edition confirms the book's timely...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Burdens_of_Disease_Epidemics_and_Hum.html?id=AJReBNnOoL8C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Burdens of Disease: Epidemics and Human Response in Western History