Epidemics and Mortality in Early Modern Japan / / Ann Bowman Jannetta.
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 epi...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1987 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Other title: | 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 |
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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 editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover 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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781400858378 9783110649680 9783110413441 9783110413663 9783110442496 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781400858378 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Ann Bowman Jannetta. |