Deciphering Global Epidemics: Analytical Approaches to the Disease Records of World Cities, 1888-1912 (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography 26)

Cliff, Andrew; Haggett, Peter; and Smallman-Raynor, Matthew

ISBN 10: 052147860X / ISBN 13: 9780521478601

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998

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A light, unobtrusive bump to top corner has left a little creasing in top corner of front cover. Spine not creased. Includes appendices, end-notes, references and index. 469pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Deciphering Global Epidemics: Analytical Approaches to the Disease Records of World Cities, 1888-1912 (Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography 26)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 052147860X
• ISBN 13: 9780521478601
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
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Synopsis

This book uses data collected in the American journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report for some 350 cities from around the world to look at trends in global mortality at the turn of the twentieth century, a period that witnessed some of the most dramatic changes in city growth on an international scale. The diseases considered are diphtheria, enteric fever, measles, scarlet fever, tuberculosis and whooping cough--as well as death from all causes. The data have never before been systematically analyzed and they give important insights into patterns of mortality from these diseases.

Book Description

This book uses American data collected for some 350 cities from around the world to look at trends in global mortality at the turn of the twentieth century, a period which witnessed some of the most dramatic changes in city growth on an international scale. The diseases considered are diphtheria, enteric fever, measles, scarlet fever, tuberculosis and whooping cough--as well as death from all causes. The data have never before been systematically analysed and they give important insights into patterns of mortality from these diseases.