The history of disease is the history of humankind: an interpretation of the world as seen through the extraordinary impactâpolitical, demographic, ecological, and psychologicalâof disease on cultures.
âA book of the first importance, a truly revolutionary work.â âThe New Yorker
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, William H. McNeillâs Plagues and Peoples is âa brilliantly conceptualized and challenging achievementâ (Kirkus Reviews). Upon its original publication, Plagues and Peoples 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. McNeillâs highly acclaimed work is a brilliant and challenging account of the effects of disease on human history. His sophisticated analysis and detailed grasp of the subject make this book fascinating reading.
Thought-provoking, well-researched, and compulsively readable, Plagues and Peoples is essential readingâthat rare book that is as fascinating as it is scholarly, as intriguing as it is enlightening. This title is masterfully narrated by Douglas James. Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.
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