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 bureaucrac...
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Open Journals
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis |
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| Online Access: | https://test.openjournals.nl/tseg/article/view/8229 |