| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 283 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-263) and index. |
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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. |
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Diseases and history.
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Epidemics.
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Civilization.
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Human evolution.
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Human genetics.
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Civilization |
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Epidemics |
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Maladies et histoire. |
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Civilisation. |
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Êtres humains -- Évolution. |
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Génétique humaine. |
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Épidémies. |
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civilization. |
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epidemics. |
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Civilization |
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Diseases and history |
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Epidemics |
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Human evolution |
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Human genetics |
| Added Title |
Germs, genes, and civilization |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Clark, David P. Germs, genes & civilization. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press, ©2010 9780137019960 (OCoLC)473120711 |
| ISBN |
9780137068661 |
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0137068662 |
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8131744302 |
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9788131744307 |
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