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Plagues and peoples /

McNeill, William Hardy, 1917-2016.

Plagues and peoples / William H. McNeill. - New York : Anchor Books, 1998. - x, 340 p. ; 21 cm.

Reprint. Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press, 1976.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-329) and index.

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

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Epidemics--History.
Civilization--History.

RA649 / .M36 1998

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