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 the stupendous increase in
human population. Harper offers a new interpretation of humanitys path to control over
infectious diseaseone where rising evolutionary threats constantly push back against human
progress and where the devastating effects of modernization contribute to the great divergence
between societies. The book reminds us that human health is globally interdependentand
inseparable from the well-being of the planet itself.--]cFrom publisher's description.
