Climate change and the health of nations : famines, fevers, and the fate of populations / Anthony J. McMichael with Alistair Woodward and Cameron Muir.

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]

xx, 370 pages : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-353) and index.

Introduction -- A restless climate -- Climatic choreography of health and disease -- From Cambrian explosion to first farmers : how climate made us human -- Spread of farming, new diseases, and rising civilizations : mid-holocene optimum -- Eurasian bronze age : unsettled climatic times -- Romans, Mayans, and Anasazi : the classical optimum to droughts in the Americas -- Little ice age : Europe, China, and beyond -- Weather extremes in modern times -- Humans throughout the holocene -- Facing the future.