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War epidemics : an historical geography of infectious diseases in military conflict and civil strife, 1850-2000 / M.R. Smallman-Raynor and A.D. Cliff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smallman-Raynor, Matthew, author.
- Cliff, A. D. (Andrew David), author.
- Series:
- Oxford geographical and environmental studies
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Epidemics--History.
- Epidemics.
- History.
- Communicable diseases--Transmission--History.
- Communicable diseases.
- War--Medical aspects--History.
- War.
- War--Medical aspects.
- Communicable diseases--Transmission.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxiv, 805 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- 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.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and publisher information.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9780191916489
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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