| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 581 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preventive variations -- Enter cholera -- Cholera comes of age -- Smallpox faces the lancet -- Syphilis between prostitution and promiscuity -- The politics of prevention. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
National health services -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.
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National health services. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Communicable diseases -- Europe -- History -- 19th century.
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Communicable diseases. |
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Communicable Disease Control -- history. |
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Cholera -- history. |
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Cross-Cultural Comparison. |
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Smallpox -- history. |
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State Medicine -- history. |
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Syphilis -- history. |
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Europe. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Baldwin, Peter. Contagion and the state in Europe, 1830-1930. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 0521642884 (DLC) 98039337 (OCoLC)39727616 |
| ISBN |
0511004524 (electronic book) |
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9780511004520 (electronic book) |
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9780521642880 (hardback) |
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0521642884 (hardback) |
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0511036590 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511036590 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0511149212 |
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9780511149214 |
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0511117418 (electronic book) |
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9780511117411 (electronic book) |
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0521642884 (hardback) |
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