Plagues and Peoples - Softcover

McNeill, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385121229 ISBN 13: 9780385121224

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1977

Synopsis

With the rise of newly emerging viruses like Ebola, HIV, Mad Cow Disease, and the like, historian William H. McNeill's landmark book on how infectious disease has impacted and even altered the course of human history is now more relevant than ever. Reissued with a new introduction and a chapter discussing the influence of AIDS on contemporary times, Plagues and Peoples explores the political, demographic, and psychological effects of disease on the human race over the entire sweep of human history, from prehistory to the present. This book offers a radical reinterpretation of world history as we know it.

About this title

About the Author:

William H. McNeill is one of America's senior historians. He was professor of history at the University of Chicago for forty years before retiring in 1987. In the course of his career, he has published more than twenty books, inlcuding The Rise of the West: A History of Human Community, which won the National Book Award in 1964; Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force and Society Since 1000 A.D.; and Plagues and Peoples. Dr. McNeill was president of the American Historical Association in 1985. In 1996, he was the first non-European recipient of the Erasmus Prize, an annual award for exceptional contributions to European culture, society, and social science.

Synopsis:

A distinguished historian probes the critical impact of infectious diseases on the development of world civilizations.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0385121229
• ISBN 13: 9780385121224
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368