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Biology of plagues : evidence from historical populations / Susan Scott and Christopher J. Duncan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 420 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0511015992
  • 9780511015991
  • 0511175833
  • 9780511175831
  • 9780511542527
  • 0511542526
  • 9780511047596
  • 0511047592
  • 0511156510
  • 9780511156519
  • 1280430397
  • 9781280430398
  • 1107122686
  • 9781107122680
  • 0511325460
  • 9780511325465
  • 9786610430390
  • 661043039X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Biology of plagues.DDC classification:
  • 614.4/94 21
LOC classification:
  • RA650.6.A1 S36 2001eb
NLM classification:
  • 2001 I-006
  • WC 355
Other classification:
  • 44.75
Online resources:
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.
Summary: 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 social and biological scientists.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-409) and index.

Print version record.

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.

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 social and biological scientists.

English.

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