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The Making of a Social Disease - Tuberculosis in Nineteenth-Century France (Hardcover, Reissue) Loot Price: R2,139
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The Making of a Social Disease - Tuberculosis in Nineteenth-Century France (Hardcover, Reissue): David S. Barnes

The Making of a Social Disease - Tuberculosis in Nineteenth-Century France (Hardcover, Reissue)

David S. Barnes

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Loot Price R2,139 Discovery Miles 21 390 | Repayment Terms: R200 pm x 12*

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In this first English-language study of popular and scientific responses to tuberculosis in nineteenth-century France, David Barnes provides a much-needed historical perspective on a disease that is making an alarming comeback in the United States and Europe. Barnes argues that French perceptions of the disease--ranging from the early romantic image of a consumptive woman to the later view of a scourge spread by the poor--owed more to the power structures of nineteenth-century society than to medical science. By 1900, the war against tuberculosis had become a war against the dirty habits of the working class.
Lucid and original, Barnes's study broadens our understanding of how and why societies assign moral meanings to deadly diseases.

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Imprint: University of California Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: 1995
First published: 1996
Authors: David S. Barnes
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 305
Edition: Reissue
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-08772-9
Categories: Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Respiratory medicine
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Medical anthropology
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN: 0-520-08772-0
Barcode: 9780520087729

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