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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Main Authors: Filip Van Roosbroeck, Adam Sundberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: openjournals.nl 2018-01-01
Series:Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis
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Online Access:http://www.tseg.nl/articles/10.18352/tseg.962/