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- Book Title
- Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History
- Publication Date
- 2009-02-15
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN
- 9780199561445
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199561443
ISBN-13
9780199561445
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70466622
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Deadly Companions : How Microbes Shaped Our History
Subject
Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, General, History, Epidemiology
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Medical
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0 in
Item Weight
6.9 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-285954
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
'Review from previous edition Lucid and authoritative... crisply written narrative.'Wendy Moore, Sunday Telegraph, 'Review from previous edition Lucid and authoritative... crisply written narrative.'Wendy Moore, Sunday Telegraph'An excellent explanatin of what wen t wrong for most of human history.'Chemistry and Industry 11/08/2008'Fascinating... Deadly Companions is authoritative, detailed and - despite its gruesome subject - never sensational.'PD Smith, The Guardian, 'Fascinating... Deadly Companions is authoritative, detailed and - despite its gruesome subject - never sensational.'PD Smith, The Guardian
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
614.4/9
Table Of Content
PrefaceIntroduction1. How it all began2. Microbes and our hunter gatherer ancestors3. Microbes exploit the sedentary lifestyle4. Microbes, crowds and poverty5. Microbes go global6. Microbes, famine and starvation7. Science intervenes8. Current problemsConclusionsGlossaryIndex
Synopsis
Combining tales of devastating epidemics with accessible science and fascinating history, Deadly Companions reveals how closely microbes have evolved with us over the millennia, shaping human civilization through infection, disease, and deadly pandemic. Beginning with a dramatic account of the SARS pandemic at the start of the 21st century, Dorothy Crawford takes us back in time to follow the interlinked history of microbes and humanity, offering an up-to-date look at ancient plagues and epidemics, and identifying key changes in the way humans have lived--such as our move from hunter-gatherer to farmer to city-dweller--which made us ever more vulnerable to microbe attack. Showing that how we live our lives today--with increased crowding and air travel--puts us once again at risk, Crawford asks whether we might ever conquer microbes completely. Among the possible answers, one thing becomes clear: that for generations to come, our deadly companions will continue to influence our lives. New in Paperback, Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes. They have evolved and spread amongst us, shaping our culture through infection, disease, and pandemic. At the same time, our changing human culture has itself influenced the evolutionary path of microbes. Dorothy H. Crawford here shows that one cannot be truly understood without the other. Beginning witha dramatic account of the SARS pandemic at the start of the 21st century, she takes us back in time to follow the interlinked history of microbes and man, taking an up-to-date look at ancient plaguesand epidemics, and identifying key changes in the way humans have lived - such as our move from hunter-gatherer to farmer to city-dweller - which made us vulnerable to microbe attack. Showing how we live our lives today - with increasing crowding and air travel - puts us once again at risk, Crawford asks whether we might ever conquer microbes completely, or whether we need to take a more microbe-centric view of the world. Among the possible answers, one thing becomesclear: that for generations to come, our deadly companions will continue to shape human history., Combining tales of devastating epidemics with accessible science and fascinating history, Deadly Companions reveals how microbes have evolved with us over the millennia, shaping human civilization through infection, disease, and deadly pandemic. Beginning with a dramatic account of the SARS pandemic, Crawford takes us back in time to follow the interlinked history of microbes and humanity, offering an up-to-date look at ancient plagues and epidemics, and identifying key changes in the way humans have lived which made us more vulnerable to microbe attack., Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes. They have evolved and spread amongst us, shaping our culture through infection, disease, and pandemic. At the same time, our changing human culture has itself influenced the evolutionary path of microbes. Dorothy H. Crawford here shows that one cannot be truly understood without the other. Beginning with a dramatic account of the SARS pandemic at the start of the 21st century, she takes us back in time to follow the interlinked history of microbes and man, taking an up-to-date look at ancient plagues and epidemics, and identifying key changes in the way humans have lived - such as our move from hunter-gatherer to farmer to city-dweller - which made us vulnerable to microbe attack. Showing how we live our lives today - with increasing crowding and air travel - puts us once again at risk, Crawford asks whether we might ever conquer microbes completely, or whether we need to take a more microbe-centric view of the world. Among the possible answers, one thing becomes clear: that for generations to come, our deadly companions will continue to shape human history.
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QR21
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