Great Plague Scare of 1720 - Disaster and Diplomacy in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

An innovative new study of the transnational ramifications of the 1720 Plague of Provence in port cities across the early modern Atlantic world, situated at the nexus of the history of medicine, disaster studies, and the diplomatic history of the eighteenth century.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Plague in Provence; 2. 'L'état le plus exposé': The Plague of Provence in Genoa and Italy; 3. 'A Scheme so Barbarous and so Destructive': Responses to the Plague of Provence in London; 4. The Spanish Plague That Never Was: The Plague of Provence in Cádiz and Spain; 5. Entangled Empires: The Great Plague Scare in the Colonies; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Cindy Ermus is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Summary

An innovative new study of the transnational ramifications of the 1720 Plague of Provence in port cities across the early modern Atlantic world, situated at the nexus of the history of medicine, disaster studies, and the diplomatic history of the eighteenth century.

Foreword

A transnational history of the 1720 French plague epidemic and its ramifications in port cities across the early modern Atlantic world.

Product details

• Authors: Cindy Ermus, Cindy (University of Texas Ermus
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9781108489546
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48954-6
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Global Health Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, MEDICAL / History, General & world history, History of Medicine, General and world history, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1720 to c 1729