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Contours of death and disease in early modern England
- Title
- Contours of death and disease in early modern England / Mary J. Dobson.
- Author
- Dobson, Mary J.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
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Details
- Description
- xix, 647 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 29
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in population, economy, and society in past time ; 29.
- Subject
- Sussex
- 1600-1799
- Diseases > England, South East > History > 17th century
- Diseases > England, South East > History > 18th century
- Mortality > England, South East > History > 17th century
- Mortality > England, South East > History > 18th century
- Diseases > England, South East > Statistics
- Mortality > England, South East > Statistics
- Medical geography > England, South East
- Medicine > History > 17th century
- Medicine > History > 18th century
- Mortality
- Disease Outbreaks > history
- History, 17th Century
- History, 18th Century
- Mortality
- mortality
- MEDICAL > Health Risk Assessment
- MEDICAL > Epidemiology
- Medicine
- Diseases
- Medical geography
- Bevölkerung
- Krankheit
- Todesursache
- Sterblichkeit
- Ziekten
- Sterfte
- Diseases > Great Britain > 17th century
- Diseases > Great Britain > 18th century
- Diseases > Great Britain > South east > History
- Mortality > Great Britain > History > 17th century
- Mortality > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Mortality > Great Britain > South East > History
- Diseases > Great Britain > Statistics
- Mortality > Great Britain > Statistics
- Medical geography > Great Britain > South East
- Épidémiologie > Grande-Bretagne (sud-est) > 1500-1800
- Mortalité > Grande-Bretagne (sud-est) > 1500-1800
- Maladies > Grande-Bretagne (sud-est) > 1500-1800
- Santé et hygiène > Grande-Bretagne (sud-est) > Histoire
- Geschichte (1600-1800)
- Geschichte 1600-1800
- England
- England > England, South East
- Kent
- Essex
- England > Südost
- Genre/Form
- Statistics
- History
- Statistics.
- Statistiques.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 540-621) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0521404649
- 9780521404648
- 0585041563
- 9780585041568
- 0511000669
- 9780511000669
- LCCN
- 95043276
- OCLC
- ocm33441476
- 33441476
- SCSB-2126774
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library