Deciphering Global Epidemics: Analytical Approaches to the Disease Records of World Cities, 1888 1912 (Paperback)

Andrew Cliff

ISBN 10: 052147860X / ISBN 13: 9780521478601

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998

Beschreibung

Paperback. Using data collected for 350 cities from around the world, the authors use a variety of analytical methods to provide a global picture of what was happening to infectious epidemic diseases at a critical period in urban evolution on the international stage. The diseases considered are diphtheria, enteric fever, measles, scarlet fever, tuberculosis, and whooping cough. To place the results in a wider time context, other data are used to look both backwards and forwards for nearly a century on either side of the twenty-five-year time window. The book presents a number of results that may be interpreted in the context of current debates on the causes of long-term mortality decline from these infectious diseases. It will be of interest to students of demography, history of medicine, and economic history as well as to researchers already active in these fields. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Deciphering Global Epidemics: Analytical Approaches to the Disease Records of World Cities, 1888 1912 (Paperback)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 052147860X
• ISBN-13: 9780521478601
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: new

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Using data collected for 350 cities, the authors look at trends in global mortality at the turn of the century.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.