Biology of plagues : evidence from historical populations /
Even today, the threat of unstoppable plague is ever-present. Historically, in Europe, the most devastating plagues were between the Black Death and the Great Plague of London. This fascinating book shows that these were not bubonic plague as previously thought, and provides food for thought for soc...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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| ISBN: | 0511015992 9780511015991 0511175833 9780511175831 9780511542527 0511542526 9780511047596 0511047592 0511156510 9780511156519 1280430397 9781280430398 1107122686 9781107122680 0511325460 9780511325465 9786610430390 661043039X |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Epidemiological concepts
- 3. The biology of bubonic plague
- 4. The Great Pestilence
- 5. Case study: the plague at Penrith in 1597-98
- 6. Pestilence and plague in the 16th century in England
- 7. Plagues in the 16th century in northern England: a metapopulation study
- 8. Plagues in London in the 17th century
- 9. Plagues in the provinces in the 17th century
- 10. Plague at Eyam in 1665-66: a case study
- 11. Continental Europe during the third age of plagues: a study of large-scale metapopulation dynamics
- 12. The plague at Marseilles, 1720-22: an outbreak of bubonic plague?
- 13. Conclusions.