This is
the fullest version of the book when it reached its maximum length,
by 18th July 1995. It was then cut back and a good deal omitted in the
final, published version. Please note that this is a very rough draft,
with references, grammar etc. largely unchecked. As well as the texts,
there are 36 appendices,
referred to in these chapters, which provide detailed discussions of
specific topics.
The Book:
a resume written on 15 July
1995.
Part
1: A Mystery
The
Malthusian trap
Two
escapes
Explaining
the escape
The
importance of the escape
Part
2: Significant absences
The
control of nature
The
control of war
The
control of famine (1)
The
control of famine (2)
The
control of food
Nutrition,
work and disease
Part
3: Food and water-borne disease
The
contamination of food and water
Food
and water-borne disease
The
excremental chain
Drink
Infant
feeding
Part
4. Control of vector-borne disease.
Insect-borne
diseases
Bodily
Hygiene
Clothing
Housing
Environs
Part
5. The Control of disease
The
air-borne diseases
Sickness
Part
6. The control of fertility
Fertility
Marriage
and sex
Heirship
Conclusions
Dirt
and development
Chains
of causation: how and why it happened