Pandemic in Potosí : fear, loathing, and public piety in a colonial mining metropolis / Kris Lane.

  • Lane, Kris E., 1967-
Date:
[2021]
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About this work

Description

"Narrative accounts, translated into English, of a pandemic that swept across South America between 1717 and 1722, devastating the cities of Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Potosí, Arequipa, and Cuzco as well as many smaller towns"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021]

Physical description

xvii, 132 pages : black and white illustrations, map ; 22 cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-127) and index.

Contents

Pandemic in Potosí -- Catastrophe in Cuzco -- Apocalypse in Arequipa -- Signs and symptoms -- The cure.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    ED.AI.796
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780271091983
  • 0271091983