Plague and contagion in the Islamic Mediterranean

This book 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 methodol...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Varlik, Nükhet, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Newark] : ARC Humanities Press 2017.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:This book 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. 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.
Descripción Física:1 recurso electrónico (xix, 315 p.)
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781942401162