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Governing systems : modernity and the making of public health in England, 1830-1910 /

"When and how did public health become modern? In Governing Systems, Tom Crook re-examines this key question in the context of Victorian and Edwardian England, long regarded as one of the 'homes' of modern public health. The modernity of modern public health, Crook argues, should be l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Crook, Tom, 1977- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Colección:Berkeley series in British studies ; 11.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • In search of Hygeia : systems, modernity and public health
  • A perfect chaos : centralization and the struggle for national system
  • Numbers, norms and opinions : death and the measurement of progress
  • Officialism : the art and practice of sanitary inspection
  • Matter in its right place : technology and the building of waste disposal systems
  • Stamping out : logistics, risk and infectious disease
  • Personal hygiene : cleanliness, class and the habitual self
  • Conclusion : systems, variations, politics.