The guts of the matter : a global history of human waste and infectious intestinal disease / James L.A. Webb, Jr., Colby College.

"The Guts of the Matter is a study of our oldest ecological problem: the transmission of infectious intestinal pathogens from human waste.1 Over deep time, fecal pathogens have killed innumerable infants and young children and been a principal constraint on human population growth. Over the pas...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Main Author: Webb, James L. A., Jr., 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Series:Studies in environment and history.
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