Plague, pestilence and pandemic : voices from history / edited by Peter Furtado.
Plague, pestilence and pandemic : voices from history / edited by Peter Furtado.
Plague, pestilence and pandemic : voices from history / edited by Peter Furtado.
About this item
Full title
Publisher
London : Thames and Hudson, 2021.
Call Numbers
G 2021/0541
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical content
335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
London : Thames and Hudson, 2021.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2021.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
When the great Muslim traveller Ibn Battuta visited Damascus in 1348 it was in the throes of a great plague which killed half of the population. Even so, he reported 'God lightened their affliction; for the number of deaths in a single day at Damascus did not attain 2,000, while in Cairo it reached the figure of 24,000 a day'. Humankind has always...
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Full title
Plague, pestilence and pandemic : voices from history / edited by Peter Furtado.
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General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2021
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2021/0541
Record Identifier
74VKaRPVv6zd
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaRPVv6zd
Other Identifiers
ISBN
0500252580
9780500252581
DDC
614.49
MMS ID
991024389971202626
