02338cam a2200349 i 450000100090000000300070000900500170001600800410003301000170007402000430009103500200013404000270015404200080018105000220018910000330021124501180024426000130036226400460037530000450042133600260046633700280049233800270052050400510054750511880059865000260178665000350181265000240184765000290187165000380190065000260193865500240196420195206US-DLC20190403153940.0171212s2018    maua     b    001 0 eng    a  2017059434  a9780262038454 (hardcover : alk. paper)  a(DNLM)101718150  aDLCcDLCerdadAUbeng  apcc00aRA418b.B637 20181 aBollyky, Thomas J.,eauthor.10aPlagues and the paradox of progress ;bwhy the world Is getting healthier in worrisome ways /cThomas J. Bollyky.  c©2018.  1aCambridge, MA :bThe MIT Press,c©2018.   axvi, 259 pages :billustrations ;c24 cm  atext2rdacontentbtxt  aunmediated2rdamediabn  avolume2rdacarrierbnc  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aHow the world starts getting better. Death, disease, and the fall of prehistoric man. The path to better health in wealthier nations. A better world begins as a more unequal one -- Diseases of conquest and colony. The colonial and military roots of global health. The path to better health in poorer nations. Death and demography. The legacy of ebola. The difference that health aid makes -- Diseases of childhood. A child survival revolution. China's other great leap forward. Is healthier wealthier? The (potential) dividends of demography. Sunny in Nairobi, with a chance of storms. Cell phones, not factories. The perils of youth -- Diseases of settlement. Cholera and the white death. A simple solution. Poor world cities. The perils of growing naturally. Climate and the environment. The Tunis effect. Returning to Dhaka -- Diseases of place. The growth industry in Agadez, Niger. People, not just potatoes. Migration as the history of disease. The world is getting better in worrisome ways -- The exoneration of William H. Stewart. Confronting the complex of multiple causation. The role of aid in adapting to the decline of infectious diseases. The myth of the good epidemic.12aGlobal Healthxtrends22aCommunicable Diseasesxhistory22aDisease Eradication22aNoncommunicable Diseases22aHealth Status Disparitiesxtrends22aSocioeconomic Factors 02localaPrint books.