Tells the history of diseases and epidemics and presents some information on efforts to fight them.

Covering some of humankind's most notorious diseases, this book describes, with individual examples, the changing historical relationships between humans and th

An eye-opening anthology from the bestselling editor of Histories of Nations, exploring how people around the globe have suffered and survived during plague and

Editor Joseph P. Byrne, together with an advisory board of specialists and over 100 scholars, research scientists, and medical practitioners from 13 countries,

"Panoramic in scope, Plagues upon the Earth traces the role of disease in the transition to farming, the spread of cities, the advance of transportation, and th