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Author:

Wang, Jessica, 1967- author.

Title:

Mad dogs and other New Yorkers : rabies, medicine, and society in an American metropolis, 1840-1920 / Jessica Wang.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xvii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Rabies--New York--New York--History.
Rabies in dogs--New York--New York--History.
Zoonoses--New York--New York--History.
Communicable diseases--History.--New York--New York--History.
Communicable diseases--Prevention.
Public health--New York--New York--History.
Human-animal relationships--New York--New York--History.
Animal welfare--New York--New York--History.
Rabies.
Public Health.
Dogs.
New York City.
MEDICAL / Public Health.
Animal welfare.
Communicable diseases--Diagnosis.
Communicable diseases--Prevention.
Human-animal relationships.
Public health.
Rabies.
Rabies in dogs.
Zoonoses.
New York (State)--New York.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Dogs, humans, and the uses of urban space -- Human and non-human suffering: from animal possession to the art of dying -- Remedies and materia medica: medical authority, political culture, and empire -- The lesion of doom: anatomical tradition and the problem of hydrophobia -- A tale of three laboratories: rabies vaccination and the pasteurization of New York City -- Dogs and the making of the American state: the politics of animal control.

Summary:

"This book examines the social history of rabies in the context of New York City and its rapid urbanization from the mid-nineteenth century into the early twentieth century. With rabies as its example, the book sheds new light on the history of human-animal relationships, medical understanding of infectious disease, and living with domesticated animals in cities"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Animals, history, culture

ISBN:

1421409712
9781421409719

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1081336828

LCCN:

2018054663

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)