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Contagion and the State in Europe, 1830-1930
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This book explains the historical reasons for the divergence in public health policies adopted 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, and uses medical history to illuminate broader questions of the development of statutory intervention and the comparative and divergent evolution of the modern state in Europe.
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- ISBN-13: 9780521642880
- ISBN-10: 0521642884
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: August 1999
- Dimensions: 9.37 x 6.41 x 1.62 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.36 pounds
- Page Count: 596
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