Bøker av Francis Adams

This book presents the Hippocrates treatise of the epidemics, followed by an essay on historic epidemics. "Epidemic denotes a spreading disease which attacks great numbers of people at certain seasons. The term Epidemic derived from two Greek words, which signify "upon the people - prevalent among the people" - diseases which, at one and the same time, prevail extensively among large masses of the people..."

The book "" Australian Essays "" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

These chapters also review the contemporary work of three United Nations agencies - the World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, and International Fund for Agricultural Development - in providing both food aid and food assistance to each region of the developing world.

In this text, Latin America is offered as a prime example of the increased influence transnational authorities have over political decisions that had long been the exclusive prerogative of national governments. The book also examines the work of the Organization of American States.