Plagues and peoples [electronic resource] /
William H. McNeill.
- New York : Anchor Books Doubleday, 1998, c1976.
- 365 p. ; 21 cm.
- ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-353) and index.
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.