Description |
1 online resource (xxxiv, 805 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Oxford geographical and environmental studies
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Oxford geographical and environmental studies.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
List of Figures and Plates; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Prologue; PART I: War and Disease; PART II: Temporal Trends; PART III: A Regional Pattern of War Epidemics; PART IV: Prospects; Epilogue; References; Index. |
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. - ;Down the ages, w. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Communicable diseases -- Transmission -- History.
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Communicable diseases -- Transmission. |
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History. |
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War -- Medical aspects -- History.
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War -- Medical aspects. |
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Communicable Diseases -- epidemiology. |
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Disease Outbreaks -- history. |
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Armed Conflicts. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Added Author |
Cliff, A. D. (Andrew David)
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Other Form: |
Print version: Smallman-Raynor, Matthew. War epidemics. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004 9780198233640 0198233647 (DLC) 2004303138 (OCoLC)53871071 |
ISBN |
9780191513459 (electronic book) |
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0191513458 (electronic book) |
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1280965010 |
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9781280965012 |
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0198233647 (Cloth) |
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