{"product_id":"contours-of-death-and-disease-in-early-modern-england-hardback-9780521404648","title":"Contours of Death and Disease in Early Modern England (Hardback) 9780521404648","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eContours of Death and Disease in Early Modern England\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA geographical, demographic and epidemiological study of disease and mortality in early modern England, first published in 1997.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMary J. Dobson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521404648, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 June 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e670 pages, 77 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.7 cm, 1.06 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e' … an exhaustive demonstration of how essential it is to bring the skills of historians, geographers and demographers together if we are to understand disease in the past. No one could read … appreciation of the intricacies of the topic, and a heightened admiration for the author's achievement in unravelling them.' The English Historical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 1997 book provides a penetrating account of death and disease in England during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Using a wide range of sources for the south-east of England, the author highlights the tremendous variation in levels of mortality across geographical contours and across two centuries. She explores the epidemiological causes and consequences of these mortality variations, and offers the reader a fascinating insight into the way patients and practitioners perceived, understood and reacted to the multitude of fevers, poxes and plagues in past times. She examines, in particular, the significance of malaria in English demographic history, and provides a detailed account of the history of this once endemic disease. This broad-ranging and stimulating study will be of interest to historical demographers, medical historians, geographers and epidemiologists.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of plates\u003cbr\u003e List of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Landscapes of the Past: 1. Airs, waters and places\u003cbr\u003e 2. Regional and local settings\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Contours of Mortality: 3. Geographical patterns of mortality\u003cbr\u003e 4. Geographical rhythms of mortality\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Environments and Movements of Disease: 5. The spectrum of death, disease and medical care\u003cbr\u003e 6. Marshlands, mosquitoes and malaria\u003cbr\u003e 7. Crises, fevers and poxes\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Contours of Death: Contours of Health: 8. The epidemiological landscapes of the past\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913255805208,"sku":"9780521404648","price":138.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521404648i_9e6edf4f-091e-46f2-835e-22b2c4987e44.jpg?v=1691381195","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/contours-of-death-and-disease-in-early-modern-england-hardback-9780521404648","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}