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Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History

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"Panoramic in scope, Plagues upon the Earth traces the role of disease in the transition to farming, the spread of cities, the advance of transportation, and the stupendous increase in human population. Harper offers a new interpretation of humanitys path to control over infectious diseaseone where rising evolutionary threats constantly push back against human progress, and where the devastating effects of modernization contribute to the great divergence between societies. The book reminds us that human health is globally ...

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Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History 2023, Princeton University Press, Princeton

ISBN-13: 9780691230597

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Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History 2021, Princeton University Press, Princeton

ISBN-13: 9780691192123

Hardcover