Epidemics and Mortality in Early Modern Japan

Name: Epidemics and Mortality in Early Modern Japan
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ISBN: 9780691609935

ISBN-10: 0691609934

ISBN-13: 9780691609935

Edition: 1987

Authors: Ann Bowman Jannetta

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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 paperback editions preserve the…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 1987
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/14/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.25" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English