Plague and public health in early modern Seville /

This study of sixteenth-century Seville offers a new perspective on how early modern cities adapted to living with repeated epidemics of plague. Rejecting a crisis framework in favor of one of balance, it argues that city officials worked with medical professionals to successfully monitor and respon...

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Autor principal: Bowers, Kristy Wilson (Autor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press 2013.
Col·lecció:Rochester studies in medical history ; v. 26,
Accés en línia:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt31nhrj
Taula de continguts:
  • Early modern Seville: balancing growth and governance
  • Perceptions of plague: balancing disease concepts
  • Negotiating public health: balancing the individual and the community
  • The wider politics of public health: balancing urban and rural
  • City and crown: balancing authorities.