Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Maps ix
4. Introduction: Plague Paradoxes 1
5. Prologue: Globalising Europe 7
6. Part I A Plague of Mysteries
7. Introduction 27
8. 1 The Black Death and the Plague Era 33
9. 2 The Origins and Dynamics of the Black Death 53
10. Part II Plague and Expansionism in Western Europe
11. Introduction 79
12. 3 A Golden Age? Economy and Society in the Ear ly Plague Er a 83
13. 4 Expansive Trades 106
14. 5 Plague Revolutions? 123
15. 6 Expansive Labour: Castas, Race Mothers, and Disposable Males 140
16. 7 States, Interstates, and the European Expansion Kit 170
17. Part III Western Europe or West Eurasia?
18. 8 Plague’s Impact in the Muslim South 189
19. 9 Early Modern Ming-Muslim Globalisation 220
20. 10 Entwined Empires: The Genoese Paradox and Iberian Expansion 241
21. 11 The Ottomans and the Great Diversion 268
22. 12 The Dutch Puzzle and the Mobilisation of Eastern Europe 289
23. 13 Muslim Colonial Empires 319
24. 14 Plague and Russian Expansion 341
25. Part IV Expansion, Industry, and Empire
26. Introduction 373
27. 15 Empire? What Empire? European Expansion to 1800 377
28. 16 Plaguing Britain 408
29. Conclusion 441
30. Acknowledgments 449
31. Notes 451
32. Index 609
33. A NOTE ON THE TYPE 623