Description or summary of the book: With the rise of newly emerging viruses like Ebola, HIV, Mad Cow Disease, and the like, historian William H. McNeill's landmark book on how infectious disease has impacted and even altered the course of human history is now more relevant than ever. Reissued with a new introduction and a chapter discussing the influence of AIDS on contemporary times, Plagues and Peoples explores the political, demographic, and psychological effects of disease on the human race over the entire sweep of human history, from prehistory to the present. This book offers a radical reinterpretation of world history as we know it.
Estimated reading time (average reader): 23H16M2S
Other categories, genre or collection: Epidemiology & Medical Statistics, Infectious & Contagious Diseases, History Of Medicine, General & World History, Anthropology, Social & Cultural History
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