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Plagues Upon the Earth
Disease and the Course of Human History
Langbeschreibung
"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 interdependentand inseparable from the well-being of the planet itself."--]cFrom publisher's description.
Kyle Harper is professor of classics and letters at the University of Oklahoma. His books include The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire (Princeton) and From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity. He lives in Moore, Oklahoma. Website kyleharper.net Twitter @Oklahomaharper
ISBN-13:
9780691192123
Veröffentl:
2021
Erscheinungsdatum:
05.10.2021
Seiten:
686
Autor:
Kyle Harper
Gewicht:
1271 g
Format:
241x166x49 mm
Sprache:
Englisch