The 1915-16 Finnish typhoid epidemic spread via shared kitchens, lack of laundry & illiteracy. The introduction of central water distribution levelled risks, according to Jarmo Peltola, Henri Mikkola & Sakari Saaritsa in a new Social Science History article. https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2023.34
Indigenous outnumbered White settlers until ~1850 in Australia, according to Boyd Hunter who points to the impact of disease & frontier violence in his new review of Butlin’s back-cast population model.
The submission deadline for the SSHA Conference in Toronto Oct 31 - Nov 3 on the theme 'Trust and Distrust of Historical Sources in the Digital Age' is now March 22