WAR EPIDEMICS: AN HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN MILITARY CONFLICT AND CIVIL STRIFE,...
Series: OXFORD GEOGRAPHICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Published: 2004-07-30
Place of publication: OXFORD
Language: und; eng
Number of pages: 805
Description: "War Epidemics examines the historical occurrence and geographical spread of infectious diseases in association with past wars. It addresses an intrinsically geographical question: how are the spatial dynamics of epidemics influenced by military operations and the directives of war? The term historical geography in the title indicates the authors' primary concern with qualitative analyses of archival source materials over a 150-year time period from 1850, and this is combined with quantitative analyses less frequently associated with historical studies."--Jacket.