War Epidemics: An Historical Geography of Infectious Diseases in Military Conflict and Civil Strife, 1850-2000...

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Matthew Smallman-Raynor (, Reader in Analytical Geography, University of Nottingham) Andrew Cliff (, Professor of Theoretical Geography, University of Cambridge)

War Epidemics

An Historical Geography of Infectious Diseases in Military Conflict and Civil Strife, 1850-2000...

Matthew Smallman-Raynor (, Reader in Analytical Geography, University of Nottingham), Andrew Cliff (, Professor of Theoretical Geography, University of Cambridge)

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Oxford University Press
01 July 2004

Historical geography; Other warfare & defence issues; Personal & public health; Epidemiology & medical statistics; Infectious & contagious diseases

Series: Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies Series

Down the ages, war epidemics have decimated the fighting strength of armies, caused the suspension and cancellation of military operations, and have brought havoc to the civil populations of belligerent and non-belligerent states alike. This book examines the historical occurrence and geographical spread of infectious diseases in association with past wars. It addresses an intrinsically geographical question: how are the spatial dynamics of epidemics influenced by military operations and the directives of war? The term historical geography in the title indicates the authors' primary concern with qualitative analyses of archival source materials over a 150-year time period from 1850, and this is combined with quantitative analyses less frequently associated with historical studies.

Written from the viewpoints of historical geography, epidemiology, and spatial analysis, this book examines in four parts the historical occurrence and geographical spread of infectious diseases in association with wars. Part I: War and Disease, surveys war-disease associations from early times to 1850. Part II: Temporal Trends studies time trends since 1850. Part III: A Regional Pattern of War Epidemics, examines grand themes in the war-disease complex. Part IV: Prospects, considers a series of war-related issues of epidemiological significance in the twenty-first century.

By: Matthew Smallman-Raynor ( Reader in Analytical Geography University of Nottingham), Andrew Cliff (, Professor of Theoretical Geography, University of Cambridge)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 50mm
Weight: 2g
ISBN: 9780198233640
ISBN 10: 0198233647
Series: Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies Series
Pages: 842
Publication Date: 01 July 2004
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Matthew Smallman-Raynor is Professor of Analytical Geography at the University of Nottingham. Andrew Cliff is Professor of Theoretical Geography at the University of Cambridge.

Reviews for War Epidemics: An Historical Geography of Infectious Diseases in Military Conflict and Civil Strife, 1850-2000

"There is much that historians can learn from this large volume, which convincingly demonstrates the value of a quanttative approach to the study of epidemics in wartime. Mark Harrison, Medical History ""impressive scholarship that will make War Epidemics <\b> an indispensable work in its field."" Journal of the History of Medicine"