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In human geography, McNeill's law is the process outlined in William H. McNeill's book Plagues and Peoples. The process described concerns the role of microbial disease in the conquering of people-groups.[1] Particularly, it describes how diseases such as smallpox, measles, typhus, scarlet fever, and sexually-transmitted diseases have significantly reduced native populations so that they are unable to resist colonization.[2]
- ^ McNeill, William (26 June 2008). Plagues and People. Paw Prints. p. 340. ISBN 978-1439503133.
- ^ Fowler, Charles W. (2009). Systemic Management: Sustainable Human Interactions with Ecosystems and the Biosphere. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 108. ISBN 9780199540969.