| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 324 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Note |
Online resource, title from PDF title page (OAPEN, viewed July 18, 2016). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I: Allies and Germans. A hard peace? Allied preparations for the occupation of Germany, 1943-1945 ; 'Can we distinguish the sheep from the wolves?' : émigrés, Allies, and the reconstruction of Germany ; 'Now, back to our Virchow' : German medical and political traditions in post-war Berlin -- Part II: Compromises and confrontations, 1945-1949. Introduction ; Public health work in the British Occupation Zone ; Public health work in the American Occupation Zone ; Public health work in the Soviet Occupation Zone ; The forgotten Zone : public health work in the French Occupation Zone -- Some Conclusions. |
| Summary |
This is an archive-based study examining how the four Allies - Britain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union - prepared for and conducted their occupation of Germany after its defeat in 1945. It uses the case of public health to shed light on the complexities of the immediate post-war period. |
| Local Note |
Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Open Access Books |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Public health -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Public health administration -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Germany -- History -- 1945-1955.
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Germany -- Social conditions -- 1945-1955.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Health Care Issues.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Health Care Delivery.
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MEDICAL -- Health Policy.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disease & Health Issues.
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20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000.
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European history.
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History of medicine.
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History.
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History: earliest times to present day.
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Humanities.
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Medicine.
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Medicine: general issues.
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Military history.
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Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000.
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Regional and national history.
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Second World War.
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Public health. (OCoLC)fst01082238
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Public health administration. (OCoLC)fst01082334
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Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
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Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
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Delivery of Health Care -- history.
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Public Health -- history.
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Public Health Administration -- history.
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History, 20th Century.
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Germany.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Indexed Term |
World War II |
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public health |
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post-war Germany |
| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Public health crisis in occupied Germany |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Reinisch, Jessica. Perils of peace. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013 9780199660797 (OCoLC)812686113 |
| ISBN |
9780191636554 (electronic book) |
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019163655X (electronic book) |
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9780199660797 (hardback) |
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0199660794 (hardback) |
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0191748293 |
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9780191748295 |
