Culling the Herds? Regional Divergences in Rinderpest Mortality in Flanders and South Holland, 1769-1785
The cattle disease rinderpest devastated Europe throughout the eighteenth century. The practice of preventative slaughter, or stamping out, has been seen as the most effective method of containing the disease. Historians frame this strategy as a measure of the effectiveness of centralized bureaucracy in handling epidemic outbreaks. The Austrian Netherlands, which enacted a stamping out policy during the rinderpest epidemic of 1769-1785, is often cast opposite the decentralized Dutch Republic, which did not. That mortality was more severe in Holland than in Flanders is interpreted as a conseque... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis, Vol 14, Iss 3 (2018) |
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openjournals.nl
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Schlagwörter: | rinderpest / eighteenth century / regional economy / disaster policy / Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform / HN1-995 / Economic history and conditions / HC10-1085 |
Sprache: | Englisch Niederländisch |
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Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doaj.org/article/1d31c6274cbd4042aa46819a6007d3db |