Pandemic in Potosí : fear, loathing, and public piety in a colonial mining metropolis / Kris Lane.
- Lane, Kris E., 1967-
- Date:
- [2021]
- Books
About this work
Description
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Publication/Creation
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021]
Physical description
xvii, 132 pages : black and white illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Series
Contributors
Contents
Pandemic in Potosí -- Catastrophe in Cuzco -- Apocalypse in Arequipa -- Signs and symptoms -- The cure.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-127) and index.
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineED.AI.796Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9780271091983
- 0271091983