Plague and the city / edited by Lukas Engelmann, John Henderson and Christos Lynteris.
- Date:
- 2019
- Books
About this work
Description
"Plague and the City uncovers discourses of plague and anti-plague measures in the city during the medieval and early modern periods, and explores the connection between plague and urban environments including attempts by professional bodies to prevent or limit the outbreak of epidemic disease. It is ideal for students of early modern history, and of the early modern city and plague more specifically"-- Provided by publisher.
Publication/Creation
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Physical description
x, 176 pages ; 24 cm.
Series
Contents
Introduction: the plague and the city in history / Lukas Engelmann, John Henderson and Christos Lynteris -- "Great stenches, horrible sights and deadly abominations": butchery and the battle against plague in late medieval English towns / Carole Rawcliffe -- Plague in early modern London: chronologies, localities, and environments / Vanessa Harding -- "Filth is the mother of corruption": plague and the built environment in early modern Florence / John Henderson -- Plague views: epidemics, photography, and the ruined city / Robert Peckham -- The disease map and the city: desire and imitation in the Bombay plague, 1896-1914 / Nicholas H. A. Evans -- "A source of sickness": photographic mapping of the plague in Honolulu in 1900 / Lukas Engelmann -- Public culture and the spectacle of epidemic disease in Rabat and Casablanca / Branwyn Poleykett.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineFL.SOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 9781138326125
- 1138326127