Rotten Bodies - Class and Contagion in Eighteenth-Century Britain

A revealing look at how the memory of the plague held the poor responsible for epidemic disease in eighteenth-century Britain

Summary

A revealing look at how the memory of the plague held the poor responsible for epidemic disease in eighteenth-century Britain

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Siena
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780300233520
• ISBN: 978-0-300-23352-0
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / World, MEDICAL / History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), General & world history, History of Medicine, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, General and world history, C 1700 To C 1800