Plagues upon the Earth : : Disease and the Course of Human History / / Kyle Harper.
How pathogenic microbes have been an intimate part of human history from the beginning—and how our deadliest germs and biggest pandemics are the product of our success as a speciesPlagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global h...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (704 p.) :; 45 b/w illus. 20 maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of contents
- Introduction: Microorganisms and Macrohistory
- Part I. Fire
- 1 Mammals in a Microbe’s World
- 2 Prometheus among the Primates
- 3 Where the Bloodsuckers Aren’t
- Part II. Farms
- 4 Dung and Death
- 5 The Sneezing Ape
- 6 The Ends of the Old World
- Part III. Frontiers
- 7 Conquests and Contagions
- 8 The Unification of the Tropics
- 9 Of Lice and Men
- Part IV. Fossils
- 10 The Wealth and Health of Nations
- 11 Disease and Global Divergence
- 12 The Disinfected Planet
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Checklist of Major Identified Species of Human Pathogens
- Notes
- References
- Index