{"product_id":"book-k3e7","title":"Plagues and Peoples","description":"\u003cb\u003e The history of disease is the history of humankind: an interpretation of the world as seen through the extraordinary impact—political, demographic, ecological, and psychological—of disease on cultures. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A book of the first importance, a truly revolutionary work.” —The New Yorker \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the conquest of Mexico by smallpox as much as by the Spanish, to the bubonic plague in China, to the typhoid epidemic in Europe, William H. McNeill’s \u003ci\u003e Plagues and Peoples \u003c\/i\u003e is “a brilliantly conceptualized and challenging achievement” (Kirkus Reviews). Upon its original publication,\u003ci\u003e Plagues and Peoples \u003c\/i\u003e was an immediate critical and popular success, offering a radically new interpretation of world history. With the identification of AIDS in the early 1980s, another chapter was added to this chronicle of events, which William McNeill explores in his introduction to this edition. McNeill’s highly acclaimed work is a brilliant and challenging account of the effects of disease on human history. His sophisticated analysis and detailed grasp of the subject make this book fascinating reading. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Thought-provoking, well-researched, and compulsively readable, \u003ci\u003e Plagues and Peoples \u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading—that rare book that is as fascinating as it is scholarly, as intriguing as it is enlightening. This title is masterfully narrated by Douglas James. Produced and published by Echo Point Books \u0026amp; Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.","brand":"Dreamscape","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49397572206896,"sku":"BDk3e7","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/686543-k3e7-Square.jpg?v=1746653154","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-k3e7","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}