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The Black Death in the Middle East
Michael W. Dols
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Frontmatter
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Preface (page vii)
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Abbreviations (page xiii)
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List of Maps (page xvii)
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I. Introduction (page 3)
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II. Plague in the Middle East (page 13)
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A. A History of Plague Before the Black Death (page 13)
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B. The Transmission of the Black Death: Chronology and Geographical Distribution (page 35)
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III. The Nature of Plague (page 68)
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A. Modern Medical Pathology (page 68)
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B. Medieval Observations of Plague (page 74)
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IV. Medieval Muslim Interpretations of Plague (page 84)
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A. Medical Interpretation (page 84)
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1. Etiology (page 84)
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2. Prevention (page 98)
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3. Treatment (page 105)
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B. Religious Interpretation (page 109)
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C. Magical Beliefs and Practices (page 121)
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V. The Demographic Effects of Plague in Egypt and Syria (page 143)
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A. The Political and Social Context (page 143)
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B. Rural Depopulation (page 154)
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C. Urban Depopulation (page 169)
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D. A Special Case: The Mamluk Army (page 185)
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E. General Mortality of the Black Death (page 193)
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1. Population History of the Middle East (page 194)
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2. The Estimated Mortality of the Plague Epidemic of 833/1429-1430 (page 204)
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3. Medieval and Modern Estimates of Mortality Caused by the Black Death (page 212)
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F. Periodicity and Nature of Plague Recurrences (page 223)
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G. Other Factors Limiting Population Growth (page 231)
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VI. Urban Communal Behavior During the Black Death (page 236)
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VII. The Economic Consequences of the Black Death (page 255)
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A. Prices (page 257)
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B. Labor (page 268)
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C. Land (page 271)
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D. Commerce (page 277)
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VIII. Conclusions (page 281)
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Appendices (page 303)
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1. Recurrences of Plague in the Period Subsequent to the Black Death, 750-922/1349-1517 (page 305)
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2. The Arabic Terminology for Plague (page 315)
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3. The Arabic Manuscript Sources for the History of Plague from the Black Death to the Nineteenth Century (page 320)
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Bibliography (page 337)
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Index (page 375)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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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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Published: c1977
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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