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London 1799 rep Newtonville ORP1977 pp 39 5 vi 121 Eyewitness account of effects of plague on Moscow merchants trade civil administration With a long 45 pp annotated ORP copyrighted intro bibliography archival materials by Professor John Alexander University of Kansas written for this ORP edition only not included in any reprint edition ISBN 0892500077
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Discover the story of the disease that devastated the Victorian population and brought about major changes in sanitation Drawing on the latest scientific research and a wealth of archival material Amanda Thomas uses firsthand accounts blending personal stories with an overview of the history of the disease and its devastating after effects on British society This fascinating history of a catastrophic disease uncovers forgotten stories from each of the major cholera outbreaks in 18313 18489 18534 and 1866 Amanda Thomas reveals that Victorian theories about the disease were often closer to the truth than we might assume among them the belief that cholera was spread by miasma or foul air
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For more than four decades biblical experts have tried to place the story of Exodus into historical contextwithout success What could explain the Nile turning to blood insects swarming the land and the sky falling to darkness Integrating biblical accounts with substantive archaeological evidence The Parting of the Sea looks at how natural phenomena shaped the stories of Exodus the Sojourn in the Wilderness and the Israelite conquest of Canaan Barbara Sivertsen demonstrates that the Exodus was in fact two separate exoduses both triggered by volcanic eruptionsand provides scientific explanations for the ten plagues and the parting of the Red Sea Over time Israelite oral tradition combined these events into the Exodus narrative known today Skillfully unifying textual and archaeological records with details of ancient geological events Sivertsen shows how the first exodus followed a 1628 BCE Minoan eruption that produced all but one of the first nine plagues The second exodus followed an eruption of a volcano off the Aegean island of Yali almost two centuries later creating the tenth plague of darkness and a series of tsunamis that parted the sea and drowned the pursuing Egyptian army Sivertsens brilliant account explains inconsistencies in the biblical story fits chronologically with the conquest of Jericho and confirms that the Israelites were in Canaan before the end of the sixteenth century BCE In examining oral traditions and how these practices absorb and process geological details through storytelling The Parting of the Sea reveals how powerful historical narratives are transformed into myth
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Plagues Pox and Pestilence by Richard Platt illustrated by John Kelly is a comprehensive history of disease and pestilence told from the point of view of the bugs and pests that cause them The book features case histories of specific epidemics eyewitness accounts from the rats flies ticks and creepycrawlies who spread diseases plus plenty of fascinating facts and figures on the biggest and worst afflictions Illustrated throughout with brilliantly entertaining artworks and endearing characters youll be entertained by a cabinet war room showing the war on germs a rogues gallery highlighting the worst offenders the very deadliest diseases examined under the microscope and much more
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A riveting account at once a reconstruction of the race to find a cure a history of bubonic plague and an investigation into the threat of plague today Plague The very word carries an unholy resonance No other disease can claim its apocalyptic or mythological power It can lie dormant for centuries only to resurface with ferocious nationkilling force Here with the high drama of a great adventure tale Edward Marriott unravels the story of this lethal disease the historic battle to identify its source the devastating effects of pandemics and the prospects for the next outbreakThrough a range of primary sources Marriott takes us back to Hong Kong in the summer of 1894 when a diagnosis of plague brought two top scientists to the islandAlexandre Yersin a lone maverick Frenchman and his eminent rival the Japanese Shibasaburo Kitasato Marriott interweaves his narrative of their fierce competition to discover the plagues source with vivid scenes of the scourges persistence California in 1900 when plague arrived in the United States Surat India in 1994 where torrential floods drowned millions of rats causing the worst epidemic in seventy years and New York City some time in the future where there is a rat for every human being a diminishing budget for pest control and an emerging strain of plague that is resistant to antibioticsA masterly recounting of medical and human history Plague is an instructive warning a gripping account of history and a chilling read
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A history of the bacterial disease of bubonic plague and of the mortality distress and panic fear that it caused in the British Isles from The Great Pestilence of 1348 to The Plague of London in 1665 with a brief account of its transient reappearances between 1900 and 1912 Professor Shrewsbury draws on his knowledge as a bacteriologist in describing the way in which the disease was transmitted from the rat its natural host to man and emphasizes that the Black Rat was solely responsible for its introduction to the British Isles and for its spread from one place to another he is thus able to identify genuine outbreaks of plague from those of other diseases Among the consequences of the plague which Professor Shrewsbury discusses are its effect upon the growth of population and on social and economic life the harsh and useless regulations made in vain efforts to control it and the collapse of law and order during its great outbursts
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This is the first systematic scholarly study of the Ottoman experience of plague during the Black Death pandemic and the centuries that followed Using a wealth of archival and narrative sources including medical treatises hagiographies and travelers accounts as well as recent scientific research Nükhet Varlik demonstrates how plague interacted with the environmental social and political structures of the Ottoman Empire from the late medieval through the early modern era The book argues that the empires growth transformed the epidemiological patterns of plague by bringing diverse ecological zones into interaction and by intensifying the mobilities of exchange among both human and nonhuman agents Varlik maintains that persistent plagues elicited new forms of cultural imagination and expression as well as a new body of knowledge about the disease In turn this new consciousness sharpened the Ottoman administrative response to the plague while contributing to the makings of an early modern state
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This is the first systematic scholarly study of the Ottoman experience of plague during the Black Death pandemic and the centuries that followed Using a wealth of archival and narrative sources including medical treatises hagiographies and travelers accounts as well as recent scientific research Nükhet Varlik demonstrates how plague interacted with the environmental social and political structures of the Ottoman Empire from the late medieval through the early modern era The book argues that the empires growth transformed the epidemiological patterns of plague by bringing diverse ecological zones into interaction and by intensifying the mobilities of exchange among both human and nonhuman agents Varlik maintains that persistent plagues elicited new forms of cultural imagination and expression as well as a new body of knowledge about the disease In turn this new consciousness sharpened the Ottoman administrative response to the plague while contributing to the makings of an early modern state
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Journal of Plague Year Nce sold for 23.57 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
This Norton Critical Edition of one of Defoes most important works reprints the 1722 text the only edition published in Defoes lifetime The authoritative text has been fully annotated and makes available a perennially popular novel one that has often been mistaken for an actual eyewitness account of the last great plague in England Backgrounds encourages comparison of 1665 documents with those of the early 1720s when England feared a new outbreak of the plague Included are official government orders and newspaper accounts as well as writings by Defoe John Graunt the College of Physicians and others Contexts includes eight comparative pieces united by the theme of a community in crisis From Thucydides to Boccaccio to modern accounts by Albert Camus Michel Foucault and Susan Sontag this collection represents some of the most celebrated observers and critics in western civilization who have seen what plagues reveal about human nature Criticism reprints seven of the best essays on the novel including interpretations by Sir Walter Scott Maximillian E Novak John J Richetti and John Bender among others A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included
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A history of the bacterial disease of bubonic plague and of the mortality distress and panic fear that it caused in the British Isles from The Great Pestilence of 1348 to The Plague of London in 1665 with a brief account of its transient reappearances between 1900 and 1912 Professor Shrewsbury draws on his knowledge as a bacteriologist in describing the way in which the disease was transmitted from the rat its natural host to man and emphasizes that the Black Rat was solely responsible for its introduction to the British Isles and for its spread from one place to another he is thus able to identify genuine outbreaks of plague from those of other diseases Among the consequences of the plague which Professor Shrewsbury discusses are its effect upon the growth of population and on social and economic life the harsh and useless regulations made in vain efforts to control it and the collapse of law and order during its great outbursts
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An indepth account of the deadly influenza epidemic of 1918 a plague that took the lives of millions of people around the world examines the causes of the pandemic its devastating impact on early twentiethcentury society the researchers who risked their lives to confront the disease and the lasting implications of the crisis and the scientific discoveries that resulted
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Ryan a physician offers a history of the cure for tuberculosis including accounts of the people and scientists involved The final chapter spells out a renewed threat in the congruence of AIDS and tuberculosis
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on History of Bubonic Plague in sold at 52.8 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
A history of the bacterial disease of bubonic plague and of the mortality distress and panic fear that it caused in the British Isles from The Great Pestilence of 1348 to The Plague of London in 1665 with a brief account of its transient reappearances between 1900 and 1912 Professor Shrewsbury draws on his knowledge as a bacteriologist in describing the way in which the disease was transmitted from the rat its natural host to man and emphasizes that the Black Rat was solely responsible for its introduction to the British Isles and for its spread from one place to another he is thus able to identify genuine outbreaks of plague from those of other diseases Among the consequences of the plague which Professor Shrewsbury discusses are its effect upon the growth of population and on social and economic life the harsh and useless regulations made in vain efforts to control it and the collapse of law and order during its great outbursts
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Geoffrey Chaucer lived through a period of extraordinary upheaval a protracted war with France a devastating plague the peasants revolt religious controversy and the overthrow of the king This compact and comprehensive volumea new work in Oxfords Authors in Context seriesoffers a wideranging account of the medieval society from which works such as The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde sprang and shows how these and other works capture that society in fictional form Peter Brown examines significant aspects of the literary scene such as patronage audience and performance helping to place Chaucers practices in their historical framework and Brown frames Chaucers treatment of love paganism and reality within their intellectual and philosophical contexts The book also examines the modern reception of Chaucer in film and television adaptations By placing this great medieval writers work in the context of his cultural experience this volume provides the perfect critical companion to Chaucers life and poetry The book also includes a chronology of Chaucers life suggestions for further reading websites illustrations and a comprehensive index
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Sweeping across Renaissance Europe the Great Pox brought to its victims on the continent a slow agonizing and disfiguring death Based on a wide range of contemporary sources this book is the first detailed account of the new plagueknown to later generations as syphilisand reactions to it in Italy France and Germany where each society struggled to meet the challenges of the frightening new epidemic
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The author of Dancing with the Devil offers a chilling account of a mysterious microscopic aquatic organism that is threatening the eastern coast of North America and the work of a dedicated scientist as she and her colleagues race against time to stop a possible plague 75000 first printing Tour
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Black Death sold for 20.44 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
The Black Death the first volume in the NOT WITHOUT MERCY series is the account of a family caught in the dawn of the worlds most dangerous outbreak the Black Plague of 1348 that took the lives of over twentyfive million people over onethird of the population of Europe The Black Plague caused moral malaise throughout the land that grew greed selfishness insecurity fear brutality and wickedness It caused the fearful to become faithless and the faithful to become fearlessThe Church grappled to explain it at the same time its clergy was either dying or hiding from its parishioners for fear of contamination and death Bristol was one of the main shipping ports in England and the home of William Beorn a prosperous shipbuilder William his wife Jillian and eldest son Michael were forced to take drastic measures to keep the family alive Each day was a test of faith family love courage hope and redemption In the grim struggle people either thanked God for life or blamed him for death for some it was the end but for others like the Beorn family it was the beginning as they discovered that God had left them Not Without Mercy
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References abound in Greek legends and historical accounts to special statues or images upon whose presence the continued safety or livelihood of a city or house depended These images include statues of predatory beasts or destructive insects plague gods dangerous goddesses and the like Faraone describes the variety and range of these images and uses them to provide new interpretations of early Greek myths about Pandora the Trojan Horse and the living statues created by Hephaestus He sets the Greek evidence in a wider easternMediterranean context by detailed discussions of similar Near Eastern and Egyptian practices and closes with a reevaluation of the traditional scholarly approach to religious art as purely representational
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Few know that the face on the famous death mask of Tutankhamen is not his at all This book reveals an historical mystery which overturns Ancient Egyptian chronology and also provides evidence that the Parting of the Red Sea and Plagues of Egypt in the Bible are accounts of actual events
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An irreverent account of the Old Testament this book portrays a huge range of characters from Hushai the Archite to betterknown figures such as King my brain hurts Solomon Spike Milligan has conjured up the whole bloodthirsty world of smiting smoting and plagues
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