Deciphering Global Epidemics: Analytical Approaches to the Disease Records of World Cities, 1888?1912 (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography, Series Number 26)

Cliff, Andrew; Haggett, Peter; Smallman-Raynor, Matthew

ISBN 10: 052147860X / ISBN 13: 9780521478601

Edité par Cambridge University Press, 1998

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Deciphering Global Epidemics: Analytical Approaches to the Disease Records of World Cities, 1888?1912 (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography, Series Number 26)
• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date de parution: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 052147860X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780521478601
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Using data collected for 350 cities, the authors look at trends in global mortality at the turn of the century.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Using data collected for 350 cities from around the world, the authors use a variety of analytical methods to provide a global picture of what was happening to infectious epidemic diseases at a critical period in urban evolution on the international stage. The diseases considered are diphtheria, enteric fever, measles, scarlet fever, tuberculosis, and whooping cough. To place the results in a wider time context, other data are used to look both backwards and forwards for nearly a century on either side of the twenty-five-year time window. The book presents a number of results that may be interpreted in the context of debates on the causes of long-term mortality decline from these infectious diseases. It will be of interest to students of demography, history of medicine, and economic history as well as to researchers already active in these fields.