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Humanity's Burden: A Global History of Malaria - Studies in Environment and History Webb, Jr, James L. A. (Colby College, Maine)
Humanity's Burden: A Global History of Malaria - Studies in Environment and History
Webb, Jr, James L. A. (Colby College, Maine)
Humanity's Burden provides a panoramic overview of the history of malaria. It traces the long arc of malaria out of tropical Africa into Eurasia, its transfer to the Americas during the early years of the Columbian exchange, and its retraction from the middle latitudes into the tropics since the late nineteenth century.
248 pages, 2 b/w illus. 8 maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 29, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521854184 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 248 |
| Dimensions | 170 × 229 × 21 mm · 456 g |
| Language | English |