الاستماع والقراءة

خطوة إلى عالم لا حدود له من القصص

  • اقرأ واستمع إلى ما تريده
  • أكثر من مليون عنوان
  • العناوين الحصرية + أصول القصة
  • 7 يوم تجربة مجانية، ثم 34.99 ريال يورو في الشهر
  • من السهل الإلغاء في أي وقت
جرب مجانا
image

Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History

السلسلة

1 of 41

اللغة
اللغة الإنجليزية
Format
الفئة

التاريخ

A sweeping germ’s-eye view of history from human origins to global pandemics

Plagues Upon the Earth is a monumental history of humans and their germs. Weaving together a grand narrative of global history with insights from cutting-edge genetics, Kyle Harper explains why humanity’s uniquely dangerous disease pool is rooted deep in our evolutionary past, and why its growth is accelerated by technological progress. He shows that the story of disease is entangled with the history of slavery, colonialism, and capitalism, and reveals the enduring effects of historical plagues in patterns of wealth, health, power, and inequality. He also tells the story of humanity’s escape from infectious disease—a triumph that makes life as we know it possible, yet destabilizes the environment and fosters new diseases.

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 humanity’s path to control over infectious disease—one 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 interdependent—and inseparable from the well-being of the planet itself.

Putting the COVID-19 pandemic in perspective, Plagues Upon the Earth tells the story of how we got here as a species, and it may help us decide where we want to go.

© 2021 Princeton University Press (كتاب ): 9780691224725

تاريخ الإصدار

كتاب : ١٢ أكتوبر ٢٠٢١

واستمتع آخرون أيضًا...

  1. Plagues upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History Kyle Harper
  2. A Little History of Economics Niall Kishtainy
  3. Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages Dan Jones
  4. A Brief History of Equality Thomas Piketty
  5. The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World Catherine Nixey
  6. Pandora’s Lab: Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong Paul A. Offit
  7. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century Barbara W. Tuchman
  8. Energy and Civilization: A History Vaclav Smil
  9. A History of the World Andrew Marr
  10. The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity Byron Reese
  11. Stories of Women in the Middle Ages Maria Teresa Brolis
  12. Reformations: The Early Modern World, 1450-1650 Carlos M. N. Eire
  13. Fallen Idols: Twelve Statues That Made History Alex von Tunzelmann
  14. Debt – Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years David Graeber
  15. Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason Justin Smith-Ruiu
  16. Medieval Europe Chris Wickham
  17. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer
  18. The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World Virginia I. Postrel
  19. A Curious History of Sex Kate Lister
  20. The Story of Work: A New History of Humankind Jan Lucassen
  21. Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events Robert J. Shiller
  22. When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt Kara Cooney
  23. The End of the World is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization Peter Zeihan
  24. Capital and Ideology Thomas Piketty
  25. The Life of Greece: A History of Greek Civilization from the Beginnings, and of Civilization in the Near East from the Death of Alexander, to the Roman Conquest Will Durant
  26. The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties Paul Collier
  27. The Venetians: A New History: From Marco Polo to Casanova Paul Strathern
  28. Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History Philippa Gregory
  29. Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization Paul Kriwaczek
  30. Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It Janina Ramirez
  31. Crown and Country: A History of England through the Monarchy David Starkey
  32. The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee
  33. The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule Angela Saini
  34. A Story of Us: A New Look at Human Evolution Pete Richerson
  35. Society in Crisis: Our Capacity for Adaptation and Reorientation Johan Hakelius
  36. I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life Ed Yong
  37. Noise Daniel Kahneman
  38. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World David W. Anthony
  39. Viking Britain: A History Thomas Williams
  40. A Pocket History of Human Evolution: How We Became Sapiens Silvana Condemi
  41. The Silk Road: A New History Valerie Hansen
  42. Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition T. Colin Campbell PhD
  43. Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  44. The Invaders: How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction Pat Shipman
  45. The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution Walter Isaacson
  46. The Civilization of the Middle Ages: A Completely Revised and Expanded Edition of Medieval History, the Life and Death of a Civilization Norman F. Cantor

دائمًا برفقة Storytel

  • أكثر من 200000 عنوان

  • وضع الأطفال (بيئة آمنة للأطفال)

  • تنزيل الكتب للوصول إليها دون الاتصال بالإنترنت

  • الإلغاء في أي وقت

الكتب الأكثر استماعًا

شهري

قصص لكل المناسبات.

34.99 ريال / شهر
7 أيام مجانًا
  • حساب واحد

  • حساب بلا حدود

  • 1 حساب

  • استماع بلا حدود

  • إلغاء في أي وقت

جرب الآن

سنويا

قصص لكل المناسبات.

299 ريال /سنة
7 أيام مجانًا
وفر 29%
  • حساب واحد

  • حساب بلا حدود

  • 1 حساب

  • استماع بلا حدود

  • إلغاء في أي وقت

جرب الآن

6 أشهر

قصص لكل المناسبات.

192 ريال /6 أشهر
7 أيام مجانًا
وفر 9%
  • حساب واحد

  • حساب بلا حدود

  • 1 حساب

  • استماع بلا حدود

  • إلغاء في أي وقت

جرب الآن