Plagues upon the Earth : Disease and the Course of Human History /

A sweeping germ's-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemics. Plagues upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity's uniquel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harper, Kyle, 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Plague.
Epidemics.
Diseases and history.
MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases.
HISTORY / Social History.
epidemics.
Épidemies.
Maladies et histoire.
Peste > Histoire.
Epidemics
Epidemics > history
Public Health > history
Plague > History.
Epidemics > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: microorganisms and macrohistory
  • Part I. Fire. Mammals in a microbe's world ; Prometheus among the primates ; Where the bloodsuckers aren't
  • Part II. Farms. Dung and death ; The sneezing ape ; The ends of the old world
  • Part III. Frontiers. Conquests and contagions ; The unification of the tropics ; Of lice and men
  • Part IV. Fossils. The wealth and health of nations ; Disease and global divergence ; The disinfected planet
  • Appendix: Checklist of major identified species of human pathogens.

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