Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of contents ix
3. Introduction: Microorganisms and Macrohistory 1
4. Part I. Fire
5. 1 Mammals in a Microbe’s World 19
6. 2 Prometheus among the Primates 50
7. 3 Where the Bloodsuckers Aren’t 78
8. Part II. Farms
9. 4 Dung and Death 119
10. 5 The Sneezing Ape 158
11. 6 The Ends of the Old World 199
12. Part III. Frontiers
13. 7 Conquests and Contagions 243
14. 8 The Unification of the Tropics 285
15. 9 Of Lice and Men 329
16. Part IV. Fossils
17. 10 The Wealth and Health of Nations 371
18. 11 Disease and Global Divergence 417
19. 12 The Disinfected Planet 466
20. Acknowledgments 511
21. Appendix: Checklist of Major Identified Species of Human Pathogens 513
22. Notes 521
23. References 581
24. Index 671