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Making of a Social Disease
Tuberculosis in Nineteenth-Century France
Inbunden, 1995
926 kr
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In this first English-language study of popular and scientific responses to tuberculosis in nineteenth-century France, David Barnes provides a much-needed historical perspective on a disease that is making an alarming comeback in the United States and Europe. Barnes argues that French perceptions …
Making of a Social Disease
Tuberculosis in Nineteenth-Century France
E-bok, 1995
1082 kr
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In this first English-language study of popular and scientific responses to tuberculosis in nineteenth-century France, David Barnes provides a much-needed historical perspective on a disease that is making an alarming comeback in the United States and Europe. Barnes argues that French perceptions …
Great Stink of Paris and the Nineteenth-Century Struggle against Filth and Germs
Häftad, 2018
457 kr
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Explores the scientific and social factors that continue to influence the public's lingering uncertainty over how disease can—and cannot—be spread.Late in the summer of 1880, a wave of odors enveloped large portions of Paris. As the stench lingered, outraged residents feared that the foul air would …
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How Philadelphia Used an Unpopular Quarantine Based on Disputed Science to Accommodate Immigrants and Prevent Epidemics
Inbunden, 2023
520 kr
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How the controversial practice of quarantine saved nineteenth-century Philadelphia after a series of deadly epidemics.Winner of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia Literary Award by The Athenaeum of PhiladelphiaIn the 1790s, four devastating yellow fever epidemics threatened the survival of Philadelphia, …
