A historiographical inquiry into the theoretical and methodological implications of borders in the studies of great epidemics : bugs and borders /


May-Brith Ohman Nielsen ; with a foreword by Anette Warring.
Bok Engelsk 2015
Medvirkende
Omfang
X, 237 s. : fig.
Opplysninger
Theme and purpose of this historiographical study -- Epidemics and borders -- What kinds of historical features are epidemics? -- Method of approach and selection of sources -- Analytical framework -- Findings and discussions on aspects of space and time -- Some significant historical aspects of the disease -- Point of view -- Main types of sources and main source challenges in research -- Findings and discussions of the epidemics as historical events -- Epidemics and change -- Values, narratives and discourse -- Values at the time -- Narratives and discourse -- Messages and scholarly virtues -- Open and covert messages to the reader -- Virtues in historical research -- Final remarks.
Emner
Dewey
ISBN
1495503143. - 9781495503146

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