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The Black Death in the Middle East

Michael W. Dols c1977 © Princeton University Press
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ISBN(s)
  • 9780691196688 (ebook)
  • 9780691657042 (hardcover)
  • 9780691655628 (paper)
Subject
  • Middle Eastern: 632-1918
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  • Table of Contents

  • Reviews

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  • Frontmatter
  • Preface (page vii)
  • Abbreviations (page xiii)
  • List of Maps (page xvii)
  • I. Introduction (page 3)
  • II. Plague in the Middle East (page 13)
    • A. A History of Plague Before the Black Death (page 13)
    • B. The Transmission of the Black Death: Chronology and Geographical Distribution (page 35)
  • III. The Nature of Plague (page 68)
    • A. Modern Medical Pathology (page 68)
    • B. Medieval Observations of Plague (page 74)
  • IV. Medieval Muslim Interpretations of Plague (page 84)
    • A. Medical Interpretation (page 84)
      • 1. Etiology (page 84)
      • 2. Prevention (page 98)
      • 3. Treatment (page 105)
    • B. Religious Interpretation (page 109)
    • C. Magical Beliefs and Practices (page 121)
  • V. The Demographic Effects of Plague in Egypt and Syria (page 143)
    • A. The Political and Social Context (page 143)
    • B. Rural Depopulation (page 154)
    • C. Urban Depopulation (page 169)
    • D. A Special Case: The Mamluk Army (page 185)
    • E. General Mortality of the Black Death (page 193)
      • 1. Population History of the Middle East (page 194)
      • 2. The Estimated Mortality of the Plague Epidemic of 833/1429-1430 (page 204)
      • 3. Medieval and Modern Estimates of Mortality Caused by the Black Death (page 212)
    • F. Periodicity and Nature of Plague Recurrences (page 223)
    • G. Other Factors Limiting Population Growth (page 231)
  • VI. Urban Communal Behavior During the Black Death (page 236)
  • VII. The Economic Consequences of the Black Death (page 255)
    • A. Prices (page 257)
    • B. Labor (page 268)
    • C. Land (page 271)
    • D. Commerce (page 277)
  • VIII. Conclusions (page 281)
  • Appendices (page 303)
    • 1. Recurrences of Plague in the Period Subsequent to the Black Death, 750-922/1349-1517 (page 305)
    • 2. The Arabic Terminology for Plague (page 315)
    • 3. The Arabic Manuscript Sources for the History of Plague from the Black Death to the Nineteenth Century (page 320)
  • Bibliography (page 337)
  • Index (page 375)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
SP 53.4 (Oct. 1978): 803-804 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0038-7134%28197810%2953%3A4%3C803%3ATBDITM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K
AHR 82.5 (Dec. 1977): 1300-1301 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28197712%2982%3A5%3C1300%3ATBDITM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-D
IJAHS 12.1 (1979): 144-146 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0361-7882%281979%2912%3A1%3C144%3ATBDITM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H
IJMES 9.4 (Nov. 1978): 575-576 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0020-7438%28197811%299%3A4%3C575%3ATBDITM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-%23
JIH 8.4 (Spring. 1978): 769-771 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-1953%28197821%298%3A4%3C769%3ATBDITM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-X
BSOAS 41.2 (1978): 378-379 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0041-977X%281978%2941%3A2%3C378%3ATBDITM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B
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