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008			092805s2005 nyua b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9780060006921
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050	0	0	_aRC172 _b.K445 2005
082	0	0	_a614.5 KEL
100	1		_aKelly, John, 1945-
245	1	4	_aThe great mortality _b: an intimate history of the Black Death, the most devastating plague of all time _c/ John Kelly
250			_a1st ed
260			_aNew York _b: HarperCollins Publishers _c, 2005.
300			_axvii, 304 p. _b: ill. _c; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aIt was probably caused by Y. pestis on fleas feasting on R. rattus and then on H. sapiens. It destroyed all life in some places, for it killed all the domestic animals as well as the human residents. It also probably saved Europe from a marginal existence by creating a free market economy. Kelly describes how the Black Death killed about a third of the population of Europe, how individuals attempted to out-run or out-think it, how the Church coped as those it dedicated to caring for the victims died beside them, and how the reduction in the population increased the value of labor and thereby improved the economic lot of the survivors. He also describes how plague deniers are coming up with new ideas about likely diseases, and how modern epidemics relate to conditions that led to the Black Death.
650		0	_aBlack death _x--History
942			_cMO
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