Humanity's Burden
A Global History of Malaria
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book provides a panoramic overview of the history of malaria from Paleolithic times up to the present.
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This book provides a panoramic overview of the history of malaria from Paleolithic times up to the present.
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Humanity's Burden provides a panoramic overview of the history of malaria. It traces the long arc of malaria out of tropical Africa into Eurasia, its transfer to the Americas during the early years of the Columbian exchange, and its retraction from the middle latitudes into the tropics since the late nineteenth century. Adopting a broadly comparative approach to historical patterns and processes, it synthesizes research findings from the natural and social sciences and weaves these understandings into a narrative that reaches from the earliest evidence of malaria infections in tropical Africa up to the present. Written in a style that is easily accessible to non-specialists, it considers the significance of genetic mutations, diet, lifestyle, migration, warfare, palliative and curative treatment, and efforts to interrupt transmission on the global distribution of malaria.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Humanity's Burden “
1. Early tropical Africa; 2. Into Eurasia; 3. Into the Americas; 4. Bitter medicines; 5. Toward global public health; 6. Africa redux.
Autoren-Porträt von James L. A. Webb
Webb, Jr, James L. A.James L. A. Webb Jr is Professor of History at Colby College, Maine. He is the author of Desert Frontier: Ecological and Economic Change Along the Western Sahel, 1600-1850 and Tropical Pioneers: Human Agency and Ecological Change in the Highlands of Sri Lanka, 1800-1900. He is the founding editor of the Series in Ecology and History.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: James L. A. Webb
- 248 Seiten, Maße: 23,5 x 0,8 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN-10: 0521854180
- ISBN-13: 9780521854184
Sprache:
Englisch
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