Biology of plagues:evidence from historical populations
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Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge New York |
Publication Dates: | 2001. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xiv, 420 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: | 0521801508 |
Index Number: | R188 |
CLC: | R188.5-09 |
Call Number: | R188.5-09/S429 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 396-409) and index. Introduction -- Epidemiological concepts -- The biology of bubonic plague -- The Great Pestilence -- Case study : the plague at Penrith in 1597-98 -- Pestilence and plague in the 16th century in England -- Plagues in the 16th century in northern England : a metapopulation study -- Plagues in London in the 17th century -- Plagues in the provinces in the 17th century -- Plague at Eyam in 1665-66 : a case study -- Continental Europe during the third age of plagues : a study of large-scale metapopulation dynamics -- The plague at Marseilles, 1720-22 : an outbreak of bubonic plague? -- Conclusions. |