Researchers have published several articles using historical data sets on plague epidemics
using impressive digital databases that contain thousands of recorded outbreaks across …

Although recent work has begun to establish that early modern plagues had selective
mortality effects, it was generally accepted that the initial outbreak of Black Death in 1347‐52 …

" The world is growing more hazardous. Natural disasters are increasing in frequency and
severity, spurred in part by changes associated with a warming planet. In their 2020 joint …

This study focuses on regional patterns in stature in Dutch society during the 19th and early
20th century (1813–1913). To analyze regional patterns and transitions the HSN Database …

The potato blight in Ireland (1845–1849) and the dire effects of the Phytophthora infestans in
the Netherlands (1845–1847) have been investigated primarily through a socioeconomical …

ABSTRACT A long historiography has concluded that the Northern Netherlands was famine
free by the seventeenth century. However, this view has been established on limited grain …

The volume of human carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope data produced in
archaeological research has increased markedly in recent years. However, knowledge of …

Early-life experiences can have lasting effects on health across multiple generations. The
pathways of these transgenerational transmissions are difficult to explore, because of the …

Food crises have always tested societies. This volume discusses societal resilience to food
crises, examining the responses and strategies at the societal level that effectively helped …

Hidden heterogeneity poses serious challenges to survival analysis because the observed
(aggregate) and the unobservable (individual) hazard functions may differ markedly from …