Kyle Harper
Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History
Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History
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Plagues Upon the Earth is a comprehensive history of humans and their germs, exploring the role of disease in the transition to farming, the spread of cities, transportation, and population growth. It reveals the enduring effects of historical plagues on wealth, health, power, and inequality and offers a new interpretation of humanity's path to control over infectious disease. It reminds us that human health is globally interdependent and inseparable from the well-being of the planet itself and may help us decide where we want to go as a species.
Format: Hardback
Length: 704 pages
Publication date: 12 October 2021
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Plagues Upon the Earth is a comprehensive history of humans and their germs, exploring the role of disease in the transition to farming, the spread of cities, transportation, and population growth. Kyle Harper explains why humanity's disease pool is rooted in our evolutionary past and accelerated by technological progress, and how historical plagues have shaped patterns of wealth, health, power, and inequality. He also tells the story of humanity's escape from infectious disease, which has made life as we know it possible but has destabilized the environment and fostered new diseases. The book offers a new interpretation of humanity's path to control over infectious disease, where rising evolutionary threats constantly push back against human progress and the devastating effects of modernization contribute to the great divergence between societies. It reminds us that human health is globally interdependent and inseparable from the well-being of the planet itself. Plagues Upon the Earth may help us decide where we want to go as a species in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Weight: 1172g
Dimension: 166 x 242 x 47 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780691192123
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