Sexual stature difference fluctuations in pre‐ and post‐Black Death London as an indicator of living standards
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DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23783
Abstract: The degree of sexual stature difference (SSD), the ratio of male to female height, is argued to be an indicator of living standards based on evidence that physical growth for males is more sensitive to… read more here.
Keywords: sexual stature; death; stature difference; living standards ... See more keywords
Local institutions and pandemics: City autonomy and the Black Death
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2021.102582
Abstract: Abstract Local institutions have long been regarded as key drivers of economic development. However, little is known about the role of institutions in preparing places to cope with public health crises and pandemics. This paper… read more here.
Keywords: local institutions; city autonomy; black death; city ... See more keywords
Network theory may explain the vulnerability of medieval human settlements to the Black Death pandemic
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DOI: 10.1038/srep43467
Abstract: Epidemics can spread across large regions becoming pandemics by flowing along transportation and social networks. Two network attributes, transitivity (when a node is connected to two other nodes that are also directly connected between them)… read more here.
Keywords: network; vulnerability; network theory; black death ... See more keywords
Why Did They Die? On Combahee and the Serialization of Black Death
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DOI: 10.1080/10999949.2017.1389633
Abstract: Between January and May of 1979, twelve similarly situated black women were murdered in Boston, Massachusetts. Just two years past the writing of what would become their canonical feminist statement, the Combahee River Collective (CRC)… read more here.
Keywords: serialization black; black women; combahee; black death ... See more keywords
The ‘Black Death’ and the physician at the time of COVID-19
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DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa440
Abstract: The difference between a conventional healthcare emergency and an epidemic is qualitative as well as quantitative, and this is related to our relationship with death. The above quote is the heart-wrenching request of the wife… read more here.
Keywords: death; death physician; physician time; black death ... See more keywords
The Black Death in Iran, according to Iranian Historical Accounts from the Fourteenth through Fifteenth Centuries
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DOI: 10.1163/18747167-12341321
Abstract: The Black Death, as a unique historical event, has long attracted the attention of medieval and medical historians both in terms of the length of the pandemic and its geographical scope. Nevertheless, historical studies on… read more here.
Keywords: historical accounts; death iran; iran according; iranian historical ... See more keywords
Picturing Katrina: The queer child and black death-birthing narratives
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DOI: 10.1177/0921374020934502
Abstract: Drawing on refugee studies, “Picturing Katrina: The Queer Child and Black Death-Birthing Narratives” explores the transient performance of antiblack and refugee policies and procedures and how this transmutation manifested around Hurricane Katrina. The article focuses… read more here.
Keywords: katrina queer; death birthing; black death; birthing narratives ... See more keywords