War epidemics : an historical geography of infectious diseases in military conflict and civil strife, 1850-2000 /
Written from the viewpoints of historical geography, epidemiology, and spatial analysis, this book examines in four parts the historical occurrence and geographical spread of infectious diseases in association with wars. Part I: War and Disease, surveys war-disease associations from early times to 1...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Oxford geographical and environmental studies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Written from the viewpoints of historical geography, epidemiology, and spatial analysis, this book examines in four parts the historical occurrence and geographical spread of infectious diseases in association with wars. Part I: War and Disease, surveys war-disease associations from early times to 1850. Part II: Temporal Trends studies time trends since 1850. Part III: A Regional Pattern of War Epidemics, examines grand themes in the war-disease complex. Part IV: Prospects, considers a series of war-related issues of epidemiological significance in the twenty-first century. |
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| Item Description: | Previously issued in print: 2004. Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxiv, 805 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes bibliographical references (pages 734-774) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191916489 (ebook) 019191648X (ebook) 1280965010 9781280965012 0191513458 9780191513459 |