Contagion and the state in Europe, 1830-1930 /

Contagion and the state in Europe, 1830-1930 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Baldwin, Peter, 1956-
Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 581 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	National health services -- Europe -- History -- 19th century. Communicable diseases -- Europe -- History -- 19th century. Communicable Disease Control -- history. Cholera -- history. Cross-Cultural Comparison. Smallpox -- history. State Medicine -- history. Syphilis -- history. Communicable diseases. National health services. Europe. Europe. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11113853

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ISBN:	0511004524 9780511004520 9780521642880 0521642884 0511036590 9780511036590 0511149212 9780511149214 0511117418 9780511117411 0521642884
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"This book explains the historical reasons for the divergence in public health policies in Britain, France, Germany and Sweden, and the spectrum of responses to the threat of contagious diseases such as cholera, smallpox, and syphilis." "In particular the book examines the link between politics and prevention."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Baldwin, Peter. Contagion and the state in Europe, 1830-1930. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 0521642884

Table of Contents:

1. Preventive variations
2. Enter cholera
3. Cholera comes of age
4. Smallpox faces the lancet
5. Syphilis between prostitution and promiscuity
6. The politics of prevention
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