Governing Systems: Modernity and the Making of Public Health in England, 1830–1910
Author:   Tom Crook
Publisher:   University of California Press
Volume:   11
ISBN:  

9780520290358


Pages:   408
Publication Date:   14 June 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Governing Systems: Modernity and the Making of Public Health in England, 1830–1910


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Author:   Tom Crook
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Volume:   11
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780520290358


ISBN 10:   0520290356
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   14 June 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1. In Search of Hygeia: Systems, Modernity, and Public Health 2. A Perfect Chaos: Centralization and the Struggle for National System 3. Numbers, Norms, and Opinions: Death and the Measurement of Progress 4. Officialism: The Art and Practice of Sanitary Inspection 5. Matter in Its Right Place: Technology and the Building of Waste Disposal Systems 6. Stamping Out: Logistics, Risk, and Infectious Diseases 7. Personal Hygiene: Cleanliness, Class, and the Habitual Self 8. Conclusion: Systems, Variations, Politics Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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The value of the book lies in its impressive command of detail. * Journal of Modern History *


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Tom Crook is Lecturer in Modern British History at Oxford Brookes University.

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