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Bubonic plague in early modern Russia : public health and urban disaster
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- Summary
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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...
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.
Details
- Creator
- John T. Alexander
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- [New edition]
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023
- �2003
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (408 p.)
- ISBNs
- 019771191X, 1280837985, 9786610837984, 0195347994, 0195158180
- OCLC
- ocn437108745, on1406782234
- Previous edition: London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980.
- Previously issued in print: 2002.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-372) and index.
- English
- Contents; Preface to Paperback Edition; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Dates and Transliteration; Introduction: Bubonic Plague, Fleas, and Rats; PART ONE: Historical Background, Medical Context, and Urban Setting; ILLUSTRATIONS; PART TWO: The Course of the Epidemic; PART THREE: The Epidemic's Impact and Consequences; Conclusions and Comparisons; Appendix 1. Doctors and Surgeons in Moscow in March 1771; Appendix 2. Students at the Moscow Surgical School in 1770-71; Abbreviations; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index