Geographies of Plague Pandemics - Mark Welford

Geographies of Plague Pandemics

The Spatial-Temporal Behavior of Plague to the Modern Day

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
164 Seiten
2018
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-23427-7 (ISBN)
168,35 inkl. MwSt
Geographies of Plague Pandemics attempts to synthesis our current understanding of the spatial and temporal dynamics of plague, Yersinia pestis. The environmental, political, economic, and social impacts of the plague from Ancient Greece to the modern day are examined. Chapters explore the identity of plague DNA, its human mortality, and the source of ancient and modern plagues.
Geographies of Plague Pandemics synthesizes our current understanding of the spatial and temporal dynamics of plague, Yersinia pestis. The environmental, political, economic, and social impacts of the plague from Ancient Greece to the modern day are examined. Chapters explore the identity of plague DNA, its human mortality, and the source of ancient and modern plagues. This book also discusses the role plague has played in shifting power from Mediterranean Europe to north-western Europe during the 500 years that plague has raged across the continent. The book demonstrates how recent colonial structures influenced the spread and mortality of plague while changing colonial histories. In addition, this book provides critical insight into how plague has shaped modern medicine, public health, and disease monitoring, and what role, if any, it might play as a terror weapon.

The scope and breadth of Geographies of Plague Pandemics offers geographers, historians, biologists, and public health educators the opportunity to explore the deep connections among disease and human existence.

Mark Welford is a nature-society geographer at Georgia Southern University. His research interests include: environmental change in, and conservation of, tropical montane environments; hurricanes and climate change; and the spatial dynamics of historical pandemics. He has taught at Georgia Southern since 1993. He has also directed Study Abroad Trips to the Ecuador, India, the Czech Republic, Poland and Italy.

Chapter 1 Plague, its emergence and persistence through recent human history Chapter 2 The Athenian Pandemic Chapter 3 Antonine Pandemic and Justinianic Plague Chapter 4 The medieval Black Death Arrives in Europe Chapter 5 The scourge of Y. pestis re-emerges and persists from 1361 to 1879 Chapter 6 Re-emergence in China and spread to Singapore, Taiwan, Bombay, San Francisco and Australia before 1901 Chapter 7 1901 to present Chapter 8 Weaponized Plague and Plague Surveillance

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Geographies of Health Series
Zusatzinfo 17 Halftones, black and white; 17 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 400 g
Themenwelt Studium Querschnittsbereiche Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10 1-138-23427-3 / 1138234273
ISBN-13 978-1-138-23427-7 / 9781138234277
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