Contours of Death and Disease in Early Modern England

by Mary Dobson and Mary J. Dobson

Book Overview

This 1997 book provides a penetrating account of death and disease in England during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Using a wide range of sources for the south-east of England, the author highlights the tremendous variation in levels of mortality across geographical contours and across two centuries. She explores the epidemiological causes and consequences of these mortality variations, and offers the reader a fascinating insight into the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521892880
• ISBN13: 9780521892889
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 2.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.7" x 8.5"