The Great Plague Scare of 1720: Disaster and Diplomacy in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

ISBN-13: 9781108489546 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 300 str.

San Antonio) Ermus Cindy (University of Texas

Opis

A transnational history of the 1720 French plague epidemic and its ramifications in port cities across the early modern Atlantic world.

Recenzje

'Based on a wealth of archival sources, Ermus' study provides valuable insight into the global significance of the plague of Marseille and Provence and highlights the long history of the relationship between statecraft and public health management. The Great Plague Scare of 1720 is a timely contribution that deeply resonates in our own age of pandemics and climate change.' Junko Takeda, Syracuse University

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Plague in Provence; 2. 'L'état le plus exposé': The Plague of Provence in Genoa and Italy; 3. 'A Scheme so Barbarous and so Destructive': Responses to the Plague of Provence in London; 4. The Spanish Plague That Never Was: The Plague of Provence in Cádiz and Spain; 5. Entangled Empires: The Great Plague Scare in the Colonies; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.