Humanity's Burden: A Global History of Malaria (Studies in Environment and History)
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Humanity's Burden: A Global History of Malaria (Studies in Environment and History)

Humanity's Burden: A Global History of Malaria (Studies in Environment and History)

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James L. A. Webb  Jr (Author)  

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Humanity's Burden provides a panoramic overview of the history of malaria. It traces the long arc of malaria out of tropical Africa into Eurasia, its transfer to the Americas during the early years of the Columbian exchange, and its retraction from the middle latitudes into the tropics since the late nineteenth century. Adopting a broadly comparative approach to historical patterns and processes, it synthesizes research findings from the natural and social sciences and weaves these understandings into a narrative that reaches from the earliest evidence of malaria infections in tropical Africa up to the present. Written in a style that is easily accessible to non-specialists, it considers the significance of genetic mutations, diet, lifestyle, migration, warfare, palliative and curative treatment, and efforts to interrupt transmission on the global distribution of malaria. 8 Maps; 2 Halftones, unspecified
James L. A. Webb Jr is Professor of History at Colby College, Maine. He is the author of Desert Frontier: Ecological and Economic Change Along the Western Sahel, 1600-1850 and Tropical Pioneers: Human Agency and Ecological Change in the Highlands of Sri Lanka, 1800-1900. He is the founding editor of the Series in Ecology and History.
  • Contributor: James L. A. Webb, Jr
  • Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780521670128
  • Number of Pages: 250
  • Packaged Dimensions: 150x226x18mm
  • Packaged Weight: 340
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Release Date: 2008-12-29
  • Series: Studies in Environment and History
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: James L. A. Webb Jr is Professor of History at Colby College, Maine. He is the author of Desert Frontier: Ecological and Economic Change Along the Western Sahel, 1600-1850 and Tropical Pioneers: Human Agency and Ecological Change in the Highlands of Sri Lanka, 1800-1900. He is the founding editor of the Series in Ecology and History.

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