Title The Great Plague scare of 1720 : disaster and diplomacy in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world / Cindy Ermus

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023 ©2023

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Description 1 online resource Series Global health histories Global health histories (Series) Contents Plague in Provence -- "L'état le plus exposé": The Plague of Provence in Genoa and Italy -- "A Scheme so Barbarous and so Destructive": Responses to the Plague of Provence in London -- The Spanish Plague That Never Was: The Plague of Provence in Cádiz and Spain -- Entangled Empires: The Great Plague Scare in the Colonies Summary "This book will be of interest to historians, educators, students, and anyone concerned with the history of disasters and epidemic disease. It describes the ramifications of the 1720 Plague of Provence (Marseille Plague) in some of the foremost port cities of the Atlantic world"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 01, 2022) Subject Plague -- Europe -- History -- 18th century Plague of Provence, France, 1720-1722. Epidemics -- Europe -- History -- 18th century Disasters -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History -- 18th century Disasters -- Social aspects Disasters -- Social aspects Epidemics Plague France Europe Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108784733 1108784739 9781108805643 1108805647

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