The Great Plague
, by Porter, StephenNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780750916158 | 075091615X
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 1/1/2000
From the author of The Great Fire of London, this is the first fully illustrated and detailed modern study of the Great Plague of the mil, the best-known epidemic in English history, partly because of its sheer scale but also because of the works of Samuel Poops, Daniel Defoe, the statistics contained within the Bills of Mortality, and the testimony of those who were affected by it. This study examines the nature of the disease; contemporary opinions regarding its cause; the measures taken by both national and local government to restrict its spread and to deal with its victims; the origins of the epidemic of 1665(6); its diffusion and impact; the disruption caused to families, communities and the economy; and the impact on the government, through reduced tax yields at a time of war, the Great Plague is also put into context within the pattern of plague and other epidemics, the recovery from the disease, the demographic structure of the late 17th century, and the reasons for the disappearance of plague after the si.