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The Savage Wars Of Peace
The Savage Wars Of Peace, This book aims to solve the problem of how parts of mankind escaped from an apparently inevitable trap of war, famine, and disease in the last 300 years. Through a detailed comparative analysis of English and Japanese history it explores such matters as t, The Savage Wars Of Peace has a rating of 4 stars
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  • The Savage Wars Of Peace
  • Written by author Alan Macfarlane
  • Published by Palgrave Macmillan, February 2003
  • This book aims to solve the problem of how parts of mankind escaped from an apparently inevitable trap of war, famine, and disease in the last 300 years. Through a detailed comparative analysis of English and Japanese history it explores such matters as t
  • Thomas Malthus (1766-1834) predicted that population would continue to increase exponentially unless trimmed by famine, pestilence, and war. Macfarlane (anthropological science, King's College) explains how the two island countries managed to escape the p
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Acknowledgementsviii
References, Conventions and Measuresx
Frequently Cited Early Authorsxii
Figure 1The Main Japanese Periodsxiv
Map 1The Main Islands of Japanxv
Map 2Modern Japanese Prefecturesxvi
Map 3Upland and Lowland Englandxvii
Epilogue to the Paperback Editionxviii
Introduction1
Part IThe Trap9
1The Malthusian Trap11
2Two Islands25
Part IIWars of Peace37
3Natural Environment, Culture and Human Labour39
4The Destruction of War49
5The Nature, Causes and Elimination of Famine60
6Food and Nutrition86
Part IIIIn the Body105
7Dysentery, Typhoid, Cholera and the Water Supply107
8Drink: Milk, Water, Beer and Tea124
9Two Methods for the Disposal of Human Excrement154
Part IVOn the Body181
10Vector-borne Diseases: Plague, Typhus and Malaria183
11Public Environs: Streets, Fields and Markets205
12Housing and Health218
13Textiles, Clothing and Footwear239
14Bodily Hygiene: Bathing and Washing251
15Changing Concepts of Dirt and Cleanliness269
Part VIn the Air283
16Air-borne Diseases: Smallpox, Measles and Tuberculosis285
Part VIIn the Womb301
17Fertility, Marriage and Sexual Relations303
18Biology and Contraception319
19Abortion and Infanticide333
20Strategies of Heirship351
Part VIIOutcome369
21Design and Chance371
Bibliography391
Index412


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