War Epidemics
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-823364-0 (ISBN)
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.
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.
PROLOGUE ; I: WARE AND DISEASE ; 1. Wars and War Epidemics ; 2. Epidemics in Early Wars ; II: TEMPORAL TRENDS ; 3. Mortality and Morbidity in Modern Wars, I: Civil Populations ; 4. Mortality and Morbidity in Modern Wars, II: Military Populations ; 5. Motality and Morbidity in Modern Wars, III: Displace Populations ; III: A REGIONAL PATTERN OF WAR EPIDEMICS ; 6. Tracking Epidemics ; 7. Pan America: Military Mobilization and Disease in the United States ; 8. Europe: Camp Epidemics ; 9. Asia and the Far East: Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases ; 10. Africa: Soldiers, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and War ; 11. Oceania: War Epidemics in South Pacific Islands ; 12. Further Regional Studies ; IV: PROSPECTS ; 13. War and Disease: Recent Trends and Future Threats ; EPILOGUE
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.7.2004 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies Series |
| Zusatzinfo | numerous figures, tables and halftones |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 163 x 244 mm |
| Gewicht | 1584 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Epidemiologie / Med. Biometrie | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Infektiologie / Immunologie | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-823364-7 / 0198233647 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-823364-0 / 9780198233640 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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