Germs, genes, & civilization : how epidemics shaped who we are today /
Clark, David P.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : our debt to disease -- Where did our diseases come from? -- Transmission, overcrowding, and virulence -- Water, sewers, and empires -- Meat and vegetables -- Pestilence and warfare -- Venereal disease and sexual behavior -- Religion and tradition : health below or heaven above? -- Manpower and slavery -- Urbanization and democracy -- Emerging diseases and the future.
Diseases and history.
Epidemics.
Civilization.
Human evolution.
Human genetics.