Plagues upon the earth: disease and the course of human history

Introduction: microorganisms and macrohistory --

Part I. Fire. Mammals in a microbe's world ; Prometheus among the primates ; Where the bloodsuckers aren't --

Part II. Farms. Dung and death ; The sneezing ape ; The ends of the old world --

Part III. Frontiers. Conquests and contagions ; The unification of the tropics ; Of lice and men --

Part IV. Fossils. The wealth and health of nations ; Disease and global divergence ; The disinfected planet --

Appendix: Checklist of major identified species of human pathogens.