WRNERORUEMeneE en’ The Human Condition An Ecological and Historical View William H. McNeill Princeton University Press Princeton, New JerseyCopyright © 1980 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, Guildford, Surrey All Rights Reserved Clothbound editions of Princeton University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and binding materials are chosen for strength and durability Printed in the United States of America by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data McNeill, William Hardy, 1917- The human condition. (Bland-Lee lecture series delivered at Clark University, 1979) Includes index. 1. Civilization—Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Human ecology—Addresses, essays, lectures. pee 2 IL Series: Chester Bland—Dwight E. Lee lectures in history. ‘CB69.M33 304.2 80-7547 ISBN 0-691-05317-0Contents Preface PAGE Vii I Microparasitism, Macroparasitism, and the Urban Transmutation PAGE 3 II Microparasitism, Macroparasitism, and the Commercial Transmutation PAGE 41 Index PAGE 77