Details

Subjects:

Epidemics -- History.
Epidemics -- Social aspects.
Civilization -- History.
Diseases and history.

Medical subjects:

Disease Outbreaks -- history.
Civilization -- history.
Communicable Diseases -- history.

Contents:

Introduction
Man the hunter
Breakthrough to history
Confluence of the civilized disease pools of Eurasia : 500 B.C. to A.D. 1200
The impact of the Mongol Empire on shifting disease balances, 1200-1500
Transoceanic exchanges, 1500-1700
The ecological impact of medical science and organization since 1700
Appendix. Epidemics in China / a check list compiled by Joseph H. Cha, professor for Far East history, Quincy College.

Notes:

"Anchor Book editions, 1977, 1989, 1998"--Title page verso.
"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Doubleday in 1977"--Title page verso. Date is incorrect; originally published in 1976.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-353) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Other format:

Online version: McNeill, William Hardy, 1917- Plagues and peoples.

ISBN:

9780307773661 (electronic bk.)
0307773663 (electronic bk.)
9780385121224
0385121229

Publisher Number:

99984920267

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.