Human frontiers, environments, and disease : past patterns, uncertain futures / Tony McMichael.
| Author/creator | McMichael, A. J. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2001. |
| Description | xvi, 413 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Disease patterns in human biohistory -- Human biology: the Pleistocene inheritance -- Adapting to diversity: climate, food and infection -- Infectious disease: humans and microbes coevolving -- The Third Horseman: food, farming and famines -- The industrial era: the Fifth Horseman? -- Longer lives and lower birth rates -- Modern affluence: lands of milk and honey -- Cities, social environments and synapses -- Global environmental change: overstepping limits -- Health and disease: an ecological perspective -- Footprints to the future: treading less heavily. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 366-401) and index. |
| LCCN | 2001273445 |
| ISBN | 052180311X (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0521004942 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | RA441 .M427 2001 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |