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.

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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.

Prefazione

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Cindy Ermus, Cindy (University of Texas Ermus
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 30.11.2022
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918
• EAN: 9781108489546
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48954-6
• Numero di pagine: 258
• Serie: Global Health Histories
• Categorie: 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