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.

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Kris Lane, Kris (France Vinton Scholes Chair in Colonial Latin American History Lane
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.01.2022
• EAN: 9780271091983
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09198-3
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 204 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Karten
• Series: Latin American Originals
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 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