The Great Plague Scare of 1720. Disaster and Diplomacy in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World, Hardback/***

An innovative new study of the transnational ramifications of the 1720 Plague of Provence in port cities across the early modern Atlantic world, situated at the nexus of the history of medicine, disaster studies, and the diplomatic history of the eighteenth century. Publisher: Cambridge University Press Author(s): Cindy (University of Texas, San Antonio) Ermus Illustration(s): Worked examples or Exercises Number of pages: 258 Collection: Global Health Histories Publication date: 2022 Dimensions: 159 x 237 x 21 Cover type: Hardback