Pandemic in Potosí - Fear, Loathing, and Public Piety in a Colonial Mining Metropolis

Narrative accounts, translated into English, of a pandemic that swept across South America between 1717 and 1722, devastating the cities of Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Potosi, Arequipa, and Cuzco as well as many smaller towns.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Kris Lane is France V. Scholes Professor of History at Tulane University. He is the author of several books, including Potosí: The Silver City that Changed the World; Pillaging the Empire: Global Piracy on the High Seas, 1500–1750; Colour of Paradise: The Emerald in the Age of Gunpowder Empires; and Quito 1599: City and Colony in Transition.

Zusammenfassung

Narrative accounts, translated into English, of a pandemic that swept across South America between 1717 and 1722, devastating the cities of Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Potosí, Arequipa, and Cuzco as well as many smaller towns.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Kris Lane, Kris (France Vinton Scholes Chair in Colonial Latin American History Lane
• Verlag: University Presses
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 11.01.2022
• EAN: 9780271091983
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09198-3
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 216 mm x 10 mm
• Gewicht: 204 g
• Illustration: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Karten
• Serie: Latin American Originals
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Allgemeines; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; South America, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, MEDICAL / History, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, HISTORY / Latin America / General, History of Medicine, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1710 to c 1719, c 1720 to c 1729