The contagious city : the politics of public health in early Philadelphia /

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By the time William Penn was planning the colony that would come to be called Pennsylvania, with Philadelphia at its heart, Europeans on both sides of the ocean had long experience with the hazards of city life, disease the most terrifying among them. Drawing from those experiences, colonists hoped...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Finger, Simon, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Public health > Political aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.
Communicable diseases > Political aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.
Social medicine > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 18th century.
Public Health > history
Public Health > epidemiology
Communicable Disease Control > history
Communicable Disease Control > epidemiology
Health Policy > history
Health Policy > epidemiology
History, 18th Century > epidemiology
Santé publique > Aspect politique > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Maladies infectieuses > Aspect politique > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Communicable diseases > Political aspects
Politics and government
Public health > Political aspects
Social medicine
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Politics and government > 18th century.
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
Electronic book.
History
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