Plagues and Peoples
Cover of the first edition | |
| Author | William H. McNeill |
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| Language | English |
| Subjects | epidemiological history |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Published | 1976 |
| Publisher | Anchor Books, Garden City, New York |
| Publication place | US |
| Pages | 369 |
| ISBN | 978-0-385-12122-4 |
Plagues and Peoples is a book on epidemiological history by historian William H. McNeill, published by Anchor Books in 1976. It was a critical and popular success, presenting a then novel view of infectious disease as both enabled by social and environmental conditions and molding the development of cultures.