Epidemics and Mortality in Early Modern Japan
limiting population growth in preindustrial societies.1 Modern-day microbiologists agree with Malthus: "From the beginnings of agriculture and urbanization till well into the present century infectious disease was the major overall cause of human mortality and the most important stabilizer of p...
| Main Author: | Ann Bowman Jannetta |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Bahasa Inggris |
| Published: |
Princeton University Press
2014
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| Online Access: |
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| Summary: |
limiting population growth in preindustrial societies.1 Modern-day
microbiologists agree with Malthus: "From the beginnings of agriculture
and urbanization till well into the present century infectious
disease was the major overall cause of human mortality and the most
important stabilizer of population levels."2
Malthus believed that a population would grow until it reached the
limit of its resources. A society that had reached "Malthusian" limits
would experience periods of population growth interrupted by sharp
increases in mortality. "Positive" checks in the form of epidemics,
famine, and war would intervene and reduce the size of the population
to former levels. Recurring mortality crises were the mechanisms
by which people and the resources that sustain them were
brought into equilibrium |
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| ISBN: |
e book 636 |