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Germs, genes & civilization : how epidemics shaped who we are today /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clark, David P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : our debt to disease
  • Where did our diseases come from?
  • Transmission, overcrowding, and virulence
  • Water, sewers, and empires
  • Meat and vegetables
  • Pestilence and warfare
  • Venereal disease and sexual behavior
  • Religion and tradition : health below or heaven above?
  • Manpower and slavery
  • Urbanization and democracy
  • Emerging diseases and the future.