Article ID: CBB899693707

History of Epidemics: A Bibliographical Essay on Secondary Sources in Italian and on Italy (2023)

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Conforti, Maria (Author)


Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Volume: 114
Issue: S1
Pages: S533-S553


Publication Date: 2023
Edition Details: IsisCB Special Issue: Bibliographic Essays on the History of Pandemics
Language: English

Italian medical history in the age of positivism showed a strong interest in epidemics. This can be seen in Alfonso Corradi’s monumental Annali (1865-1895) and in works of other 19th-century historians who addressed major public health issues in the newly unified country. Local history was also widely practiced in Italy, and it was instrumental in discovering and publishing a wealth of documentation on past epidemic and endemic diseases, as well as on measures such as quarantines that were invented or introduced in the peninsula as early as the late Middle Ages. The way Italian historians looked at epidemics in the 20th century was shaped by politics, religion and literature more than by demography, epidemiology, or technical knowledge in the medical field. This article and its accompanying bibliography will focus on regional historiography and deal with the history of plague, smallpox, cholera and malaria, and other diseases addressed in works published after the 1980s.

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Authors & Contributors
Taureaux, Niurka
Elisa Tinelli
Jones, Lori
Pandolfi, Massimo
Delgado Valdivia, Jatniel
Soto-Suazo, Mauricio
Concepts
Pandemics
Public health
Epidemics
Bibliographies
Reference works for historians of science
Disease and diseases
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
Medieval
Early modern
Modern
Places
Italy
Europe
Middle and Near East
Indian Ocean
East Asia
South Africa
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