{"product_id":"plagues-and-peoples-paperback","title":"Plagues and Peoples - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam McNeill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe history of disease is the history of humankind: an interpretation of the world as seen through the extraordinary impact--political, demographic, ecological, and psychological--of disease on cultures.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A book of the first importance, a truly revolutionary work.\"\u003c\/b\u003e --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the conquest of Mexico by smallpox as much as by the Spanish, to the bubonic plague in China, to the typhoid epidemic in Europe, \u003ci\u003ePlagues and Peoples\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a brilliantly conceptualized and challenging achievement\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews)\u003c\/i\u003e. Upon its original publication, \u003ci\u003ePlagues and Peoples\u003c\/i\u003e was an immediate critical and popular success, offering a radically new interpretation of world history. With the identification of AIDS in the early 1980s, another chapter was added to this chronicle of events, which William McNeill explores in his introduction to this edition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThought-provoking, well-researched, and compulsively readable, \u003ci\u003ePlagues and Peoples \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading--that rare book that is as fascinating as it is scholarly, as intriguing as it is enlightening.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eUpon its original publication, \"Plagues and Peoples was an immediate critical and popular success, offering a radically new interpretation of world history as seen through the extraordinary impact--political, demographic, ecological, and psychological--of disease on cultures. From the conquest of Mexico by smallpox as much as by the Spanish, to the bubonic plague in China, to the typhoid epidemic in Europe, the history of disease is the history of humankind. With the identification of AIDS in the early 1980s, another chapter has been added to this chronicle of events, which William McNeill explores in his new introduction to this updated editon. \u003cbr\u003eThought-provoking, well-researched, and compulsively readable, \"Plagues and Peoples is that rare book that is as fascinating as it is scholarly, as intriguing as it is enlightening. \"A brilliantly conceptualized and challenging achievement\" (Kirkus Reviews), it is essential reading, offering a new perspective on human history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the West: A History of Human Community, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the National Book Award in 1964; \u003ci\u003ePursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force and Society Since 1000 A.D.; \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePlagues and Peoples.\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 7.8 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 1977\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755655856416,"sku":"9780385121224","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/020e5b2060cdbd51bfdeea2d0770e5d7.webp?v=1780064936","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/plagues-and-peoples-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}