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Bubonic plague in early modern Russia : public health and urban disaster /
John T. Alexander's study dramatically highlights how the Russian people reacted to the Plague, and shows how the tools of modern epidemiology can illuminate the causes of the plague's tragic course through Russia. Bubonic Plauge in Early Modern Russia makes contributions to many aspects o...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | John T. Alexander's study dramatically highlights how the Russian people reacted to the Plague, and shows how the tools of modern epidemiology can illuminate the causes of the plague's tragic course through Russia. Bubonic Plauge in Early Modern Russia makes contributions to many aspects of Russian and European history: social, economic, medical, urban, demographic, and meteorological. It is particularly enlightening in its discussion of eighteenth-century Russia's emergent medical profession and public health institutions and, overall, should interest scholars in its use of abundant new primar. |
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| Notas: | Originally published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 385 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-372) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195347999 0195347994 1280837985 9781280837982 9786610837984 6610837988 |