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Contagion and the State in Europe, 1830-1930
Baldwin, Peter (University of California, Los Angeles)
Contagion and the State in Europe, 1830-1930
Baldwin, Peter (University of California, Los Angeles)
This is a highly original study of public health policies adopted in Britain, France, Germany and Sweden - with particular regard to cholera, smallpox and syphilis. Its use of medical history illuminates important questions of the development of statutory intervention and the evolution of the modern state in Europe.
596 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | October 6, 2005 |
ISBN13 | 9780521616287 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 596 |
Dimensions | 228 × 155 × 36 mm · 862 g |
Language | English |
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