Title Epidemics and mortality in early modern Japan / Ann Bowman Jannetta

Published Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1987] ©1987

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Description 1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Princeton legacy library Contents Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- I. Introduction -- II. Epidemic Diseases and Human Populations -- III. The Japanese Sources -- IV. Smallpox: The Most Terrible Minister of Death -- V. Measles: An Epidemiological Puzzle -- VI. Dysentery and Cholera: Early and Late Arrivals -- VII. Epidemics and Famine -- VIII. Conclusions -- GLOSSARY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter Summary Ann Jannetta suggests that Japan's geography and isolation from major world trade routes provided a cordon sanitaire that prevented the worst diseases of the early modern world from penetrating the country before the mid-nineteenth century. Her argument is based on the medical literature on epidemic diseases, on previously unknown evidence in Buddhist temple registers, and on rich documentary evidence from contemporary observers in Japan. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-218) and index Notes In English Print version record Subject Epidemics -- Japan -- History Mortality -- Japan -- History HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan. Tokugawa period, Japan, 1600-1868 Epidemics Mortality SUBJECT Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069473 Subject Japan Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781400858378 1400858372

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