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The contagious city the politics of public health in early Philadelphia

Title
The contagious city [electronic resource] : the politics of public health in early Philadelphia / Simon Finger.
Author
Finger, Simon, 1977-
Publication
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.

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1 online resource (xiv, 226 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Contagious city (Online)
Alternative Title
Contagious city (Online)
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-167) and index.
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Contents
"A rude place and an unpolisht man" : William Penn and the nature of Pennsylvania -- "An infancy of government" : population, authority, and the problem of proprietorship -- "A suitable charity or an effectual security" : community, contagion, and the care of strangers -- "A body corporate and politick" : association, interest, and improvement in a provincial city -- "Improvement in every part of the healing art" : transatlantic cultures of medical improvement -- "A fine field for professional improvement" : sites and sources of medical authority in the Revolutionary War -- "In a yielding state" : nervous nationalism in the new republic -- "Those friendly reciprocities" : panic and participation in the age of yellow fever -- "A matter of police" : fever and betrayal in the federal union.
LCCN
2011051729
OCLC
ssj0000655041
Author
Finger, Simon, 1977-
Title
The contagious city [electronic resource] : the politics of public health in early Philadelphia / Simon Finger.
Imprint
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-167) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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