Germs, genes & civilization
Subtitle: how epidemics shaped who we are today
By: David P. Clark.
Publisher: FT Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780137019960
Subjects: Diseases and history; Epidemics; Civilization; Human evolution; Human genetics
Other titles: Germs, genes, and civilization
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : our debt to disease; title: Where did our diseases come from?; title: Transmission, overcrowding, and virulence; title: Water, sewers, and empires; title: Meat and vegetables; title: Pestilence and warfare; title: Venereal disease and sexual behavior; title: Religion and tradition : health below or heaven above?; title: Manpower and slavery; title: Urbanization and democracy; title: Emerging diseases and the future.