A historiographical inquiry into the theoretical and methodological implications of borders in the studies of great epidemics
Subtitle: bugs and borders
By: May-Brith Ohman Nielsen ; with a foreword by Anette Warring
Publisher: The Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Lewiston, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9781495503146
Subjects: Historiography; Borderlands; Epidemics; Philosophy; Research; Boundaries; Epidemiology; Methodology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-229) and index.
Table of contents: title: Theme and purpose of this historiographical study; title: Epidemics and borders; title: What kinds of historical features are epidemics?; title: Method of approach and selection of sources; title: Analytical framework; title: Findings and discussions on aspects of space and time; title: Some significant historical aspects of the disease; title: Point of view; title: Main types of sources and main source challenges in research; title: Findings and discussions of the epidemics as historical events; title: Epidemics and change; title: Values, narratives and discourse; title: Values at the time; title: Narratives and discourse; title: Messages and scholarly virtues; title: Open and covert messages to the reader; title: Virtues in historical research; title: Final remarks.