Adam Sundberg (Department of History) and co-author Dr. Filip van Roosbroeck (Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands – The Hague) recently published their article “Culling the Herds? Regional Divergences in Rinderpest Mortality in Flanders and South Holland, 1769-1785” in The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History.The article compares Dutch and Flemish management strategies of the epizootic rinderpest in the late eighteenth century. It argues that differential mortality between and within these two regions resulted from structural differences in land use, the movement of cattle for pasturing and trade, and regional divergences in agricultural practices and herd management.
Sundberg Publishes ‘Culling the Herds?’
– February 4, 2018Posted in: College of Arts and Sciences, Faculty/Staff News
