The Resource Vital accounts : quantifying health and population in eighteenth-century England and France, Andrea A. Rusnock, (electronic resource)
Vital accounts : quantifying health and population in eighteenth-century England and France, Andrea A. Rusnock, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- Why did Europeans begin to count births and deaths? How did they collect the numbers and what did they do with them? Through a compelling comparative analysis, Vital Accounts charts the work of the physicians, clergymen and government officials who crafted the sciences of political and medical arithmetic in England and France during the long eighteenth-century, before the emergence of statistics and regular government censuses. Andrea A. Rusnock presents a social history of quantification that highlights the development of numerical tables, influential and enduring scientific instruments designed to evaluate smallpox inoculation, to link weather and disease to compare infant and maternal mortality rates, to identify changes in disease patterns and to challenge prevailing views about the decline of European population. By focusing on the most important eighteenth century controversies over health and population, Rusnock shows how vital accounts - the numbers of births and deaths - became the measure of public health and welfare.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 249 pages)
- Isbn
- 9780521803748
- Label
- Vital accounts : quantifying health and population in eighteenth-century England and France
- Title
- Vital accounts
- Title remainder
- quantifying health and population in eighteenth-century England and France
- Statement of responsibility
- Andrea A. Rusnock
- Subject
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- France -- Statistics, Medical | History -- 18th century
- Medical climatology -- England -- History -- 18th century
- Mortality -- England -- History -- 18th century
- Mortality -- France -- History -- 18th century
- Public health -- England -- History -- 18th century
- Public health -- France -- History -- 18th century
- Smallpox -- Vaccination -- England -- History -- 18th century
- Smallpox -- Vaccination -- France -- History -- 18th century
- England -- Statistics, Medical | History -- 18th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Why did Europeans begin to count births and deaths? How did they collect the numbers and what did they do with them? Through a compelling comparative analysis, Vital Accounts charts the work of the physicians, clergymen and government officials who crafted the sciences of political and medical arithmetic in England and France during the long eighteenth-century, before the emergence of statistics and regular government censuses. Andrea A. Rusnock presents a social history of quantification that highlights the development of numerical tables, influential and enduring scientific instruments designed to evaluate smallpox inoculation, to link weather and disease to compare infant and maternal mortality rates, to identify changes in disease patterns and to challenge prevailing views about the decline of European population. By focusing on the most important eighteenth century controversies over health and population, Rusnock shows how vital accounts - the numbers of births and deaths - became the measure of public health and welfare.--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- UkCbUP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rusnock, Andrea Alice
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
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- Cambridge studies in the history of medicine
- Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mortality
- Mortality
- Smallpox
- Smallpox
- Medical climatology
- Public health
- Public health
- England
- France
- Label
- Vital accounts : quantifying health and population in eighteenth-century England and France, Andrea A. Rusnock, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- CR9780511550041
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 249 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9780521803748
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1172979614
- Label
- Vital accounts : quantifying health and population in eighteenth-century England and France, Andrea A. Rusnock, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- CR9780511550041
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvi, 249 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9780521803748
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1172979614
Subject
- France -- Statistics, Medical | History -- 18th century
- Medical climatology -- England -- History -- 18th century
- Mortality -- England -- History -- 18th century
- Mortality -- France -- History -- 18th century
- Public health -- England -- History -- 18th century
- Public health -- France -- History -- 18th century
- Smallpox -- Vaccination -- England -- History -- 18th century
- Smallpox -- Vaccination -- France -- History -- 18th century
- England -- Statistics, Medical | History -- 18th century
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