Plague and Contagion in the Islamic Mediterranean /

"This volume discusses diseases that affected human and non-human populations in areas stretching from the Red Sea and Egypt to Anatolia, the Balkans, and the Black Sea, in the early modern and modern eras. It tackles various questions of historiography and sources, tests new interdisciplinary...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Varlik, Nükhet (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Arc Humanities Press, [2017]
Edition:[New edition]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Epidemics.
Communicable diseases.
HISTORY > Renaissance.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
Maladies infectieuses > Pays musulmans > Histoire.
Communicable diseases > Islamic countries > History.
Epidemics > Islamic countries > History.
Communicable diseases > Mediterranean Region > History.
Epidemics > Mediterranean Region > History.
Mediterranean Region.
Islamic countries.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"This volume discusses diseases that affected human and non-human populations in areas stretching from the Red Sea and Egypt to Anatolia, the Balkans, and the Black Sea, in the early modern and modern eras. It tackles various questions of historiography and sources, tests new interdisciplinary methodologies, and asks new questions while revisiting older ones. Lastly, it contributes to Ottoman studies, the history of medicine, Mediterranean and European history, as well as global studies on the role of epidemics in history.--
Physical Description:1 online resource (335 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781942401162

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