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Plague and the City (The Body in the City) by Engelmann
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- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- “Used book in good condition. Shows typical wear. Quick shipping. Satisfaction guaranteed!”
- Book Title
- Plague and the City (The Body in the City)
- Topic
- United States
- Narrative Type
- United States
- Genre
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- ISBN
- 9781138326125
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN-10
1138326127
ISBN-13
9781138326125
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11038759496
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Publication Name
Plague and the City
Language
English
Subject
Public Health, General, Asia / China, Europe / Great Britain / General, History
Publication Year
2018
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History, Medical
Series
The Body in the City Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2018-028399
Reviews
'Through interdisciplinary approaches in medical, anthropological, and visual histories, the essays in this volume unravel complex interconnections between plague and urban environments from the Black Death to the twentieth century. Among their novel discoveries, they chart a shift in the visualization of plague from an emphasis on diseased bodies to the mapping and photographing of stark cityscapes, devised to understand and control epidemic disease.' Samuel Cohn, University of Glasgow, UK 'Urban leaders once believed they could sense plague risks in fetid miasma, or map risky environments house-by-house, or photograph epidemic fodder within ubiquitous scenes of dirt and disorder. This set of engaging new studies highlights the urban-centred backdrop to much plague history. Readers will wind through backstreets and cul-de-sacs, spaces where the privileged identified plague spots.' Ann G. Carmichael, Indiana University, USA
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
614.5/732
Table Of Content
Introduction: The Plague and the City in History Lukas Engelmann, John Henderson and Christos Lynteris Chapter 1: 'Great Stenches, Horrible Sights and Deadly Abominations': Butchery and the Battle Against Plague in Late Medieval English Towns Carole Rawcliffe Chapter 2: Plague in Early Modern London: Chronologies, Localities, and Environments Vanessa Harding Chapter 3: 'Filth is the Mother of Corruption': Plague and the Built Environment in Early Modern Florence John Henderson Chapter 4: Plague Views: Epidemics, Photography, and the Ruined City Robert Peckham Chapter 5: The Disease Map and the City: Desire and Imitation in the Bombay Plague, 1896-1914 Nicholas H. A. Evans Chapter 6: 'A Source of Sickness'. Photographic Mapping of the Plague in Honolulu in 1900 Lukas Engelmann Chapter 7: Public Culture and the Spectacle of Epidemic Disease in Rabat and Casablanca Branwyn Poleykett
Synopsis
Plague and the City uncovers discourses of plague and anti-plague measures in the city during the medieval, early modern and modern periods, and explores the connection between plague and urban environments including attempts by professional bodies to prevent or limit the outbreak of epidemic disease. Bringing together leading scholars of plague working across different historical periods, this book provides an inter-disciplinary study of plague in the city across time and space. The chapters cover a wide range of periods, geographical locations and disciplinary approaches but all seek to answer significant questions, including whether common motives can be identified, and how far knowledge about plague was based on an understanding of the urban space. It also examines how maps and photographs contribute to understanding plague in the city through exploring the ways in which the relationship between plague and the urban environment has been visualised, from the poisoned darts of plague winging their way towards their victims in the votive pictures from the Renaissance, to the mapping of the spread of disease in late nineteenth-century Bombay and photographing Honolulu's great plague fire in 1900. Containing a series of studies that illuminate plague's urban connection as a key social and political concern throughout history, Plague and the City is ideal for students of early modern history, and of the early modern city and plague more specifically., Plague and the Cityuncovers discourses of plague and anti-plague measures in the city during the medieval, early modern and modern periods, and explores the connection between plague and urban environments including attempts by professional bodies to prevent or limit the outbreak of epidemic disease. Bringing together leading scholars of plague working across different historical periods, this book provides an inter-disciplinary study of plague in the city across time and space. The chapters cover a wide range of periods, geographical locations and disciplinary approaches but all seek to answer significant questions, including whether common motives can be identified, and how far knowledge about plague was based on an understanding of the urban space. It also examines how maps and photographs contribute to understanding plague in the city through exploring the ways in which the relationship between plague and the urban environment has been visualised, from the poisoned darts of plague winging their way towards their victims in the votive pictures from the Renaissance, to the mapping of the spread of disease in late nineteenth-century Bombay and photographing Honolulu's great plague fire in 1900. Containing a series of studies that illuminate plague's urban connection as a key social and political concern throughout history, Plague and the City is ideal for students of early modern history, and of the early modern city and plague more specifically.
LC Classification Number
RA644.P7P385 2018
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