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Twentyfive years after historian william mcneills landmark publication plagues and peoples mcneill, 1976 examined the impact of infectious diseases throughout the ages, it is clear that these scourges have not been relegated to the history books. I just feel that simpler wording would have helped the book read smoother. Plagues and peoples by william mcneill, paperback barnes. Plagues and peoples by william hardy mcneill and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. As william mcneill pointed out in plagues and peoples, even quite elementary nursing will greatly reduce mortality. Even basic care likely powerfully reduced the death rate. Plagues and peoples is a classic and a pioneering study at the same time. Tracking contagions, from cholera to ebola and beyond junior workshop hist 351ax. Plagues and peoples download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi.
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Upon its original publication, plagues and peoples was an immediate critical and popular success, offering a radically new interpretation of world history a. A germ of an idea the university of chicago magazine. No one, in fact, knows how many people lived anywhere in those days, except for perhaps a city or two in europe. The global politics of health and disease nathan a. Princeton university press, princeton 1980, 81 mcneill, john r. Readings in world history, volumes 34, william hardy mcneill, jean w.
Plagues and peoples by mcneill, william hardy, 1917. Acknowledgements, preface, map, appendix, notes, index. Simple provision of food and water, for instance, will allow persons who are temporarily too weak to cope for themselves to recover instead of perishing miserably. The book ranges from examining the effects of smallpox in mexico, the bubonic plague in china, to.
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