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Biology of plagues : evidence from historical populations / / Susan Scott and Christopher J. Duncan [[electronic resource]]
Biology of plagues : evidence from historical populations / / Susan Scott and Christopher J. Duncan [[electronic resource]]
Autore Scott Susan <1953->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xiv, 420 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina 614.4/94
Soggetto topico Epidemics
Epidemics - Europe - History - 16th century
Epidemics - Europe - History - 17th century
Black Death - Europe
Plague
ISBN 1-107-12268-6
0-511-32546-0
0-511-04759-2
9786610430390
0-511-54252-6
0-521-80150-8
0-511-15651-0
1-280-43039-7
0-511-17583-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Introduction -- Epidemiological concepts -- The biology of bubonic plague -- The Great Pestilence -- Case study : the plague at Penrith in 1597-98 -- Pestilence and plague in the 16th century in England -- Plagues in the 16th century in northern England : a metapopulation study -- Plagues in London in the 17th century -- Plagues in the provinces in the 17th century -- Plague at Eyam in 1665-66 : a case study -- Continental Europe during the third age of plagues : a study of large-scale metapopulation dynamics -- The plague at Marseilles, 1720-22 : an outbreak of bubonic plague? -- Conclusions.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910455345903321
Scott Susan <1953->  
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001
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Biology of plagues : evidence from historical populations / / Susan Scott and Christopher J. Duncan [[electronic resource]]
Biology of plagues : evidence from historical populations / / Susan Scott and Christopher J. Duncan [[electronic resource]]
Autore Scott Susan <1953->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xiv, 420 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina 614.4/94
Soggetto topico Epidemics
Epidemics - Europe - History - 16th century
Epidemics - Europe - History - 17th century
Black Death - Europe
Plague
ISBN 1-107-12268-6
0-511-32546-0
0-511-04759-2
9786610430390
0-511-54252-6
0-521-80150-8
0-511-15651-0
1-280-43039-7
0-511-17583-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Introduction -- Epidemiological concepts -- The biology of bubonic plague -- The Great Pestilence -- Case study : the plague at Penrith in 1597-98 -- Pestilence and plague in the 16th century in England -- Plagues in the 16th century in northern England : a metapopulation study -- Plagues in London in the 17th century -- Plagues in the provinces in the 17th century -- Plague at Eyam in 1665-66 : a case study -- Continental Europe during the third age of plagues : a study of large-scale metapopulation dynamics -- The plague at Marseilles, 1720-22 : an outbreak of bubonic plague? -- Conclusions.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910780095203321
Scott Susan <1953->  
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Biology of plagues : evidence from historical populations / / Susan Scott and Christopher J. Duncan
Biology of plagues : evidence from historical populations / / Susan Scott and Christopher J. Duncan
Autore Scott Susan <1953->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2001
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xiv, 420 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Disciplina 614.4/94
Altri autori (Persone) DuncanC. J (Christopher John)
Soggetto topico Epidemics
Epidemics - Europe - History - 16th century
Epidemics - Europe - History - 17th century
Black Death - Europe
Plague
ISBN 1-107-12268-6
0-511-32546-0
0-511-04759-2
9786610430390
0-511-54252-6
0-521-80150-8
0-511-15651-0
1-280-43039-7
0-511-17583-3
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Introduction -- Epidemiological concepts -- The biology of bubonic plague -- The Great Pestilence -- Case study : the plague at Penrith in 1597-98 -- Pestilence and plague in the 16th century in England -- Plagues in the 16th century in northern England : a metapopulation study -- Plagues in London in the 17th century -- Plagues in the provinces in the 17th century -- Plague at Eyam in 1665-66 : a case study -- Continental Europe during the third age of plagues : a study of large-scale metapopulation dynamics -- The plague at Marseilles, 1720-22 : an outbreak of bubonic plague? -- Conclusions.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910808499103321
Scott Susan <1953->  
Cambridge ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2001
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Demography and nutrition [[electronic resource] ] : evidence from historical and contemporary populations / / Susan Scott and Christopher J. Duncan
Demography and nutrition [[electronic resource] ] : evidence from historical and contemporary populations / / Susan Scott and Christopher J. Duncan
Autore Scott Susan <1953->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2002
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (384 p.)
Disciplina 363.809
614.409
Altri autori (Persone) DuncanC. J (Christopher John)
Soggetto topico Food supply - History
Diet - History
Demographic anthropology
Nutritional anthropology
ISBN 1-280-19932-6
9786610199327
0-470-70956-1
0-470-77745-1
0-470-77448-7
1-4051-2337-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 The history of human diet; 1.2 The diet of the hunter-gatherers; 1.3 Demographic change linked to the beginnings of agriculture; 1.4 To which diet is modern man adapted?; 1.5 Consequences of an agricultural life-style; 1.6 Domestication of animals; 1.7 Interactions between demographic pressures and diet; 1.8 Height and nutrition; 1.9 The working class diet in pre-industrial England; Chapter 2 Mortality Oscillations in 404 English Parishes - a Metapopulation Study; 2.1 Use of time-series analysis techniques
2.2 Exogenous oscillations in 404 parishes 2.3 The role of wheat prices in driving exogenous population oscillations; 2.4 Short wavelength oscillation in baptisms in 404 parishes; 2.5 Conclusions; Chapter 3 The Staple Food Supply: Fluctuating Wheat Prices and Malnutrition; 3.1 Hypotheses to account for fluctuating grain prices; 3.2 Sources for the data series; 3.3 Cycles in the wheat price index; 3.4 Oats and barley price indices; 3.5 Correspondence between the grain price indices in England; 3.6 The effect of seasonal temperatures on wheat prices; 3.7 The effect of rainfall on wheat prices
3.8 Wheat prices and short wavelength temperature cycles 3.9 Use of a predicted wheat prices series; 3.10 What drove the different cycles in wheat prices?; 3.11 Rust and other parasitic infestations of grain crops; 3.12 Conclusions; Chapter 4 Famine; 4.1 Major famines in world history; 4.2 The demographic impact of famine; 4.3 Changes in fertility; 4.4 The Bangladesh famine of 1974-5: a case study; 4.5 The Dutch famine of 1944-5: a case study; 4.6 The siege of Leningrad, 1941-4; 4.7 Why do women survive famine better than men?; 4.8 Famines in pre-industrial England
4.9 Famine at Penrith, Cumbria, 1623: a case study 4.10 Interacting economic factors causing famines in northwest England; 4.11 The mortality crisis of 1623 in northwestern England; 4.12 Conclusions; Chapter 5 Long-term Demographic Effects of even a Small Famine; 5.1 Endogenous oscillations in the population at Penrith, Cumbria, England; 5.2 Modelling the population dynamics; 5.3 Incorporation of density-dependent constraints into the matrix model; 5.4 Conclusions: endogenous population oscillations; Chapter 6 Fertility; 6.1 The importance of body fat; 6.2 Adipose tissue
6.3 The role of leptin in the control of fertility 6.4 Menarche; 6.5 Is leptin needed for the initiation of puberty?; 6.6 Nutrition and fertility in the twentieth century; 6.7 Hutterite women: the upper limit of fertility?; 6.8 Fertility in the bushmen of the Kalahari Desert; 6.9 Effects of chronic malnutrition on fertility: a case study; 6.10 Procreative power; 6.11 Fertility in pre-industrial England; 6.12 Breast-feeding, fertility and population growth in the twentieth century; 6.13 The menopause; 6.14 Does malnutrition really affect fecundity?
6.15 Overview of the fertility levels in England during a 400-year period
Record Nr. UNINA-9910143505503321
Scott Susan <1953->  
Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2002
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Demography and nutrition [[electronic resource] ] : evidence from historical and contemporary populations / / Susan Scott and Christopher J. Duncan
Demography and nutrition [[electronic resource] ] : evidence from historical and contemporary populations / / Susan Scott and Christopher J. Duncan
Autore Scott Susan <1953->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2002
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (384 p.)
Disciplina 363.809
614.409
Altri autori (Persone) DuncanC. J (Christopher John)
Soggetto topico Food supply - History
Diet - History
Demographic anthropology
Nutritional anthropology
ISBN 1-280-19932-6
9786610199327
0-470-70956-1
0-470-77745-1
0-470-77448-7
1-4051-2337-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 The history of human diet; 1.2 The diet of the hunter-gatherers; 1.3 Demographic change linked to the beginnings of agriculture; 1.4 To which diet is modern man adapted?; 1.5 Consequences of an agricultural life-style; 1.6 Domestication of animals; 1.7 Interactions between demographic pressures and diet; 1.8 Height and nutrition; 1.9 The working class diet in pre-industrial England; Chapter 2 Mortality Oscillations in 404 English Parishes - a Metapopulation Study; 2.1 Use of time-series analysis techniques
2.2 Exogenous oscillations in 404 parishes 2.3 The role of wheat prices in driving exogenous population oscillations; 2.4 Short wavelength oscillation in baptisms in 404 parishes; 2.5 Conclusions; Chapter 3 The Staple Food Supply: Fluctuating Wheat Prices and Malnutrition; 3.1 Hypotheses to account for fluctuating grain prices; 3.2 Sources for the data series; 3.3 Cycles in the wheat price index; 3.4 Oats and barley price indices; 3.5 Correspondence between the grain price indices in England; 3.6 The effect of seasonal temperatures on wheat prices; 3.7 The effect of rainfall on wheat prices
3.8 Wheat prices and short wavelength temperature cycles 3.9 Use of a predicted wheat prices series; 3.10 What drove the different cycles in wheat prices?; 3.11 Rust and other parasitic infestations of grain crops; 3.12 Conclusions; Chapter 4 Famine; 4.1 Major famines in world history; 4.2 The demographic impact of famine; 4.3 Changes in fertility; 4.4 The Bangladesh famine of 1974-5: a case study; 4.5 The Dutch famine of 1944-5: a case study; 4.6 The siege of Leningrad, 1941-4; 4.7 Why do women survive famine better than men?; 4.8 Famines in pre-industrial England
4.9 Famine at Penrith, Cumbria, 1623: a case study 4.10 Interacting economic factors causing famines in northwest England; 4.11 The mortality crisis of 1623 in northwestern England; 4.12 Conclusions; Chapter 5 Long-term Demographic Effects of even a Small Famine; 5.1 Endogenous oscillations in the population at Penrith, Cumbria, England; 5.2 Modelling the population dynamics; 5.3 Incorporation of density-dependent constraints into the matrix model; 5.4 Conclusions: endogenous population oscillations; Chapter 6 Fertility; 6.1 The importance of body fat; 6.2 Adipose tissue
6.3 The role of leptin in the control of fertility 6.4 Menarche; 6.5 Is leptin needed for the initiation of puberty?; 6.6 Nutrition and fertility in the twentieth century; 6.7 Hutterite women: the upper limit of fertility?; 6.8 Fertility in the bushmen of the Kalahari Desert; 6.9 Effects of chronic malnutrition on fertility: a case study; 6.10 Procreative power; 6.11 Fertility in pre-industrial England; 6.12 Breast-feeding, fertility and population growth in the twentieth century; 6.13 The menopause; 6.14 Does malnutrition really affect fecundity?
6.15 Overview of the fertility levels in England during a 400-year period
Record Nr. UNISA-996218166903316
Scott Susan <1953->  
Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2002
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Demography and nutrition : evidence from historical and contemporary populations / / Susan Scott and Christopher J. Duncan
Demography and nutrition : evidence from historical and contemporary populations / / Susan Scott and Christopher J. Duncan
Autore Scott Susan <1953->
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2002
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (384 p.)
Disciplina 363.809
614.409
Altri autori (Persone) DuncanC. J (Christopher John)
Soggetto topico Food supply - History
Diet - History
Demographic anthropology
Nutritional anthropology
ISBN 1-280-19932-6
9786610199327
0-470-70956-1
0-470-77745-1
0-470-77448-7
1-4051-2337-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 The history of human diet; 1.2 The diet of the hunter-gatherers; 1.3 Demographic change linked to the beginnings of agriculture; 1.4 To which diet is modern man adapted?; 1.5 Consequences of an agricultural life-style; 1.6 Domestication of animals; 1.7 Interactions between demographic pressures and diet; 1.8 Height and nutrition; 1.9 The working class diet in pre-industrial England; Chapter 2 Mortality Oscillations in 404 English Parishes - a Metapopulation Study; 2.1 Use of time-series analysis techniques
2.2 Exogenous oscillations in 404 parishes 2.3 The role of wheat prices in driving exogenous population oscillations; 2.4 Short wavelength oscillation in baptisms in 404 parishes; 2.5 Conclusions; Chapter 3 The Staple Food Supply: Fluctuating Wheat Prices and Malnutrition; 3.1 Hypotheses to account for fluctuating grain prices; 3.2 Sources for the data series; 3.3 Cycles in the wheat price index; 3.4 Oats and barley price indices; 3.5 Correspondence between the grain price indices in England; 3.6 The effect of seasonal temperatures on wheat prices; 3.7 The effect of rainfall on wheat prices
3.8 Wheat prices and short wavelength temperature cycles 3.9 Use of a predicted wheat prices series; 3.10 What drove the different cycles in wheat prices?; 3.11 Rust and other parasitic infestations of grain crops; 3.12 Conclusions; Chapter 4 Famine; 4.1 Major famines in world history; 4.2 The demographic impact of famine; 4.3 Changes in fertility; 4.4 The Bangladesh famine of 1974-5: a case study; 4.5 The Dutch famine of 1944-5: a case study; 4.6 The siege of Leningrad, 1941-4; 4.7 Why do women survive famine better than men?; 4.8 Famines in pre-industrial England
4.9 Famine at Penrith, Cumbria, 1623: a case study 4.10 Interacting economic factors causing famines in northwest England; 4.11 The mortality crisis of 1623 in northwestern England; 4.12 Conclusions; Chapter 5 Long-term Demographic Effects of even a Small Famine; 5.1 Endogenous oscillations in the population at Penrith, Cumbria, England; 5.2 Modelling the population dynamics; 5.3 Incorporation of density-dependent constraints into the matrix model; 5.4 Conclusions: endogenous population oscillations; Chapter 6 Fertility; 6.1 The importance of body fat; 6.2 Adipose tissue
6.3 The role of leptin in the control of fertility 6.4 Menarche; 6.5 Is leptin needed for the initiation of puberty?; 6.6 Nutrition and fertility in the twentieth century; 6.7 Hutterite women: the upper limit of fertility?; 6.8 Fertility in the bushmen of the Kalahari Desert; 6.9 Effects of chronic malnutrition on fertility: a case study; 6.10 Procreative power; 6.11 Fertility in pre-industrial England; 6.12 Breast-feeding, fertility and population growth in the twentieth century; 6.13 The menopause; 6.14 Does malnutrition really affect fecundity?
6.15 Overview of the fertility levels in England during a 400-year period
Altri titoli varianti Demography & nutrition
Record Nr. UNINA-9910807426803321
Scott Susan <1953->  
Oxford ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, 2002
Materiale a stampa
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