Death and Disease in the Ancient City
Editat de Valerie M. Hope, Eireann Marshallen Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 ian 2011
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780415619325
ISBN-10: 0415619327
Pagini: 206
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0415619327
Pagini: 206
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.38 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Recenzii
'This is an ambitious and stimulating collection of essays built around a strong central theme. – Rachel Hall Sternberg, The College of Wooster
'For the interplay of religious dread and mundane practical concerns, as well as for issues of prestige and disgrace and other matters of wide concern, there are useful conclusions and insights and a host of well digested and fascinating data.' – Mortality
'For the interplay of religious dread and mundane practical concerns, as well as for issues of prestige and disgrace and other matters of wide concern, there are useful conclusions and insights and a host of well digested and fascinating data.' – Mortality
Notă biografică
Eireann Marshall, Valerie M. Hope
Cuprins
CONTRIBUTORS, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, ABBREVIATIONS, 1 INTRODUCTION, 2 DEATH AND DISEASE IN CYRENE, 3 SICKNESS IN THE BODY POLITIC, 4 POLIS NOSOUSA, 5 DEATH AND EPIDEMIC DISEASE IN CLASSICAL ATHENS, 6 MEDICAL THOUGHTS ON URBAN POLLUTION, 7 TOWNS AND MARSHES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD*, 8 ON THE MARGINS OF THE CITY OF ROME, 9 CONTEMPT AND RESPECT, 10 DEALING WITH THE DEAD, 11 DEATH-POLLUTION AND FUNERALS IN THE CITY OF ROME, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX
Descriere
This innovative volume draws on recent research in archaeology, ancient history and the history of medicine to discuss how people in the ancient world understood and dealt with illness and death in the urban environment.