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A modern contagion : imperialism and public health in Iran's age of cholera /

Pandemic cholera reached Iran for the first of many times in 1821, assisted by Britain's territorial expansion and growing commercial pursuits. The revival of Iran's trade arteries after six decades of intermittent civil war, fractured rule, and isolation allowed the epidemic to spread inl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Afkhami, Amir Arsalan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cholera and the globalization of health in Iran 1821-1889
  • The 1889-1893 cholera epidemics
  • Epidemics and sanitary imperialism 1896-1904
  • Cholera, germs, and the 1906 constitutional revolution
  • Wars, plagues, and institutional developments in health 1906-1926.