false 36007004 582615 46725 0385121229 9780385121224 33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343104m/46725.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170343104s/46725.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46725.Plagues_and_Peoples 3.81 246 The Rise of the West to The History of the World. Plagues and Peoples considers the influence of infectious diseases on the course of history, and McNeill pays special attention to the Black Death of the 13th and 14th centuries, which killed millions across Europe and Asia. (At one point, writes McNeill, 10,000 people in Constantinople alone were dying each day from the plague.) With the new crop of plagues and epidemics in our own time, McNeill's quiet assertion that "in any effort to understand what lies ahead the role of infectious disease cannot properly be left out of consideration" takes on new significance.]]> 26216 3.80 348 48 1976 0 0 false Thu Oct 23 03:30:19 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 03:30:19 -0700 2008