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This volume views the study of disease as essential to understanding the key�historical developments underpinning the foundation of contemporary Indian�Ocean World (IOW) societies. The interplay between disease and climatic�conditions, natural and manmade crises and disasters, human migration and�trade in the IOW reveals a wide range of perceptions about disease etiologies and�epidemiologies, and debates over the origin, dispersion and impact of disease�form a central focus in these essays. Incorporating a wide scope of academic and�scientific angles including history, social and medical anthropology, archaeology,�epidemiology and paleopathology, this collection focuses on diseases that spread�across time, space and cultures. It scrutinizes disease as an object, and engages�with the subjectivities of afflicted inhabitants of, and travellers to, the IOW.Typham this is the title: Disease Dispersion and Impact in the Indian Ocean World 1st Edition