Bubonic plague in early modern Russia :: public health and urban disaster /

John T. Alexander's study dramatically highlights how the Russian people reacted to the Plague, and shows how the tools of modern epidemiology can illuminate the causes of the plague's tragic course through Russia. Bubonic Plauge in Early Modern Russia makes contributions to many aspects o...

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1. Verfasser: Alexander, John T.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Zusammenfassung:John T. Alexander's study dramatically highlights how the Russian people reacted to the Plague, and shows how the tools of modern epidemiology can illuminate the causes of the plague's tragic course through Russia. Bubonic Plauge in Early Modern Russia makes contributions to many aspects of Russian and European history: social, economic, medical, urban, demographic, and meteorological. It is particularly enlightening in its discussion of eighteenth-century Russia's emergent medical profession and public health institutions and, overall, should interest scholars in its use of abundant new primar.
Beschreibung:Originally published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xix, 385 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-372) and index.
ISBN:9780195347999
0195347994
1280837985
9781280837982
9786610837984
6610837988

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