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Can I read Rotten Bodies : Class and Contagion in Eighteenth-Century Britain on EtoBox?
Rotten Bodies : Class and Contagion in Eighteenth-Century Britain by Kevin Patrick Siena is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Rotten Bodies : Class and Contagion in Eighteenth-Century Britain about?
<p>A revealing look at how the memory of the plague held the poor responsible for epidemic disease in eighteenth-century Britain</p><p>Britain had no idea that it would not see another plague after the horrors of 1666, and for a century and a half the fear of epidemic disease gripped and shaped British society. Plague doctors had long asserted that the bodies of the poor were especially prone to generating and spreading contagious disease, and British doctors and laypeople alike took those warni
Who reads Rotten Bodies : Class and Contagion in Eighteenth-Century Britain?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Kevin Patrick Siena
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780300245424
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Medical, Memoir, Social & Health Issues
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
