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Curious about malaria’s presumed responsibility for Greece’s economic backwardness, Gardikas examines the country’s disease vis-a-vis its social and physical environment at a time estimated to have coincided with the high point of the worldwide prevalence of the disease, ranging between 1880 and 1920. She summarizes the principal milestones in the history of malaria, its control in Greece and the world and strategies of prevention, avoidance, and cure. She treats the effect of fragmentation on climate variability and the notion of the malaria season. The book explores the influence on the disease of peace and war, agriculture colonization, industry and urban development. It looks at the patient, his/her relationship with health care, and concludes with the exploration of her central hypothesis: an examination how malaria interacted with the social and economic realities in Greece after independence. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)