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Author Baldwin, Peter, 1956-

Title Contagion and the state in Europe, 1830-1930 / Peter Baldwin
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 581 pages)
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject National health services -- Europe -- History -- 19th century
Communicable diseases -- Europe -- History -- 19th century
Cross-cultural studies.
Communicable Disease Control -- history
Cholera -- history
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Smallpox -- history
State Medicine -- history
Syphilis -- history
MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
Cross-cultural studies
Communicable diseases
National health services
Besmettelijke ziekten.
Volksgezondheid.
Overheidsbeleid.
Politique sanitaire -- Europe.
Maladies infectieuses -- Europe.
Contagion.
Épidémie.
Maladie infectieuse.
Santé publique.
Service de santé
19e siècle.
SUBJECT Europe. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045631
Europe
Subject Europe
Europe.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
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