Contours of death and disease in early modern England /
Using a wide range of sources for the south-east of England, Dobson highlights the tremendous variation in levels of mortality across geographical contours and across two centuries, exploring the causes and consequences of these variations.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | anglès |
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New York, NY, USA :
Cambridge University Press,
1997.
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| Col·lecció: | Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ;
29. |
| Accés en línia: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=4850 |
Taula de continguts:
- 1. Airs, waters and places
- 2. Regional and local settings
- 3. Geographical patterns of mortality
- 4. Geographical rhythms of mortality
- 5. The spectrum of death, disease and medical care
- 6. Marshlands, mosquitoes and malaria
- 7. Crises, fevers and poxes
- 8. The epidemiological landscapes of the past.