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His books include Epidemics and Geopolitics in the American Tropics, 1640-1920 (2008) and Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the 20th-Century World (2000).
One book from his entry:
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Elizabeth Fenn's Pox Americana, about the smallpox epidemic in North America in the 1770s, a fabulous piece of history writing. I had read it a few years ago, but wanted to remind myself of how a good book is put together.[read on]Learn more about John McNeill's research and teaching at his faculty webpage.
Writers Read: John R. McNeill.
--Marshal Zeringue