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2015-02-13

How to survive; war, famine and disease (by Alan Macfarlane in 2006/7)

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source: ayabaya     Last updated on 2011年7月16日
Three lectures, split into 7 parts, on the history and nature of population growth, war, famine and disease, given to first year Cambridge undergraduates studying Archaeology and Anthropology in 2006-7.

Famine - its consequences and causes 25:42
What are the effects of war, and has it declined? 21:30
Dysentery - dreadful effects of and causes for decline 20:23
Malaria - effects and causes of decline 36:59
The modern rise in population - why? 11:59
A framework for understanding how disease works 8:56
The Malthusian framework for understanding history 33:16