Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: What This Book Is About -- 1. The Wellbeing of the World -- PART I …. LIFE AND DEATH -- 2. From Prehistory to 1945 -- 3. Escaping Death in the Tropics -- 4. Health in the Modern World -- PART …The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from …