另一本特别棒的书是威廉·麦克尼尔（William McNeill）的《瘟疫与人》（Plagues and Peoples）。它探讨了疾病对全球人口的影响，而不仅限于美洲，而且可读性极强。他还指出，在疾病负担沉重的人口中，大多数人在孩童时期就接触过……
Another really good book is William McNeill's "Plagues and Peoples". It discusses worldwide effects of diseases on populations, not just the Americas, and is very readable. He also points out that in populations with heavy disease loads, most are exposed as children…
……负责美国一个州的动物疾病工作。或者，可能一知半解反而危险吧，我也不好说。不过正因如此，我可以推荐像《Rats, Lice, and Men》和《瘟疫与人》（Plagues and Peoples）这类新闻纪实类的通俗畅销书。严肃一点的话，大卫·逵曼（David Quammen）凭借写作《渡渡鸟之歌》时积累的进化生物学背景，在《溢出》（Spillover）中对人畜共患病原体做出了可以说是最精彩的阐释……
…responsibilities for animal diseases for a US state. Or, maybe a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, I don’t know. But I can, thus, recommend journalistic potboilers such as “Rats, Lice, and Men” and “Plagues and Peoples”. More seriously, David Quammen, given the background he gained in evolutionary biology from writing “Song of the Dodo”, in “Spillover” gives what’s probably the best elucidation of zoonotic pathogens.…
William McNeill, in Plagues And Peoples [1], makes the point that there are disease gradients that strongly influenced the movement of peoples and the development of culture, and that this gradient in China maps almost precisely to the rice/wheat…
When the time came to read Guns, Germs and Steel, I had bought into Plagues and Peoples (William McNeill) instead -- similar accounts, but more controlled in scope (which made it more trustworthy, imo); as a result, I guess I missed a very convenient confirmation :)
Plagues and Peoples by William McNeill does cover parish records of births and deaths (mortality tables) in England at that time, so they must have been recording this prior to the big one
另一本特别棒的书是威廉·麦克尼尔（William McNeill）的《瘟疫与人》（Plagues and Peoples）。它探讨了疾病对全球人口的影响，而不仅限于美洲，而且可读性极强。他还指出，在疾病负担沉重的人口中，大多数人在孩童时期就接触过……
Another really good book is William McNeill's "Plagues and Peoples". It discusses worldwide effects of diseases on populations, not just the Americas, and is very readable. He also points out that in populations with heavy disease loads, most are exposed as children…
我一直觉得麦克尼尔的《瘟疫与人》比戴蒙德（Jared Diamond）那本主题部分重叠的书要好看得多。
I always found McNeill's "Plagues and Peoples" a much better read than Diamond's book on semi-overlapping topics.
……负责美国一个州的动物疾病工作。或者，可能一知半解反而危险吧，我也不好说。不过正因如此，我可以推荐像《Rats, Lice, and Men》和《瘟疫与人》（Plagues and Peoples）这类新闻纪实类的通俗畅销书。严肃一点的话，大卫·逵曼（David Quammen）凭借写作《渡渡鸟之歌》时积累的进化生物学背景，在《溢出》（Spillover）中对人畜共患病原体做出了可以说是最精彩的阐释……
…responsibilities for animal diseases for a US state. Or, maybe a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, I don’t know. But I can, thus, recommend journalistic potboilers such as “Rats, Lice, and Men” and “Plagues and Peoples”. More seriously, David Quammen, given the background he gained in evolutionary biology from writing “Song of the Dodo”, in “Spillover” gives what’s probably the best elucidation of zoonotic pathogens.…
威廉·麦克尼尔在《瘟疫与人》[1] 中指出，存在着深刻影响人类迁徙和文化发展的疾病梯度，而在中国，这种梯度几乎精准地对应着水稻/小麦的……
William McNeill, in Plagues And Peoples [1], makes the point that there are disease gradients that strongly influenced the movement of peoples and the development of culture, and that this gradient in China maps almost precisely to the rice/wheat…
到了该读《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》的时候，我反而被威廉·麦克尼尔的《瘟疫与人》吸引了——差不多的叙事，但研究范围克制得多（在我看来这让它更可信）；结果就是，我大概错过了一个非常省事的确认偏误 :)
When the time came to read Guns, Germs and Steel, I had bought into Plagues and Peoples (William McNeill) instead -- similar accounts, but more controlled in scope (which made it more trustworthy, imo); as a result, I guess I missed a very convenient confirmation :)
威廉·麦克尼尔的《瘟疫与人》确实提到了当时英格兰教区的出生和死亡记录（死亡率表），所以在那场大瘟疫之前，他们肯定就已经在做这些记录了
Plagues and Peoples by William McNeill does cover parish records of births and deaths (mortality tables) in England at that time, so they must have been recording this prior to the big one