Title Contagion and the state in Europe, 1830-1930 / Peter Baldwin.

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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

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Description	1 online resource (xiii, 581 pages)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Print version record.
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.
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.
	Europe.
	MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
	Communicable diseases. (OCoLC)fst00869883
	National health services. (OCoLC)fst01033565
	Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
	Besmettelijke ziekten.
	Volksgezondheid.
	Overheidsbeleid.
	Contagion.
	Épidémie.
	Maladie infectieuse.
	Santé publique.
	Service de santé.
	19e siècle.
	Europe.
Chronological Term	1800 - 1899
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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 bk.)
	9780511004520 (electronic bk.)
	0511036590 (electronic bk. ;) (Adobe Reader)
	9780511036590 (electronic bk. ;) (Adobe Reader)
	0511117418 (electronic bk.)
	9780511117411 (electronic bk.)

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