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Author:

Quinlan, Sean M.

Title:

The great nation in decline : sex, modernity and health crises in revolutionary France c.1750-1850 / Sean M. Quinlan.

Publisher:

Ashgate,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

x, 265 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Public health--France--History--18th century.
Public health--France--History--19th century.
Sexual health--France--History--18th century.
Sexual health--France--History--19th century.
Social medicine--France--History--18th century.
Social medicine--France--History--19th century.
Degeneration--France--History--18th century.
Degeneration--France--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-247) and index..

Contents:

Introduction : degenerations, regeneration and health panics in modern France - A medical diagnosis of social crisis, 1750-1770 -- Depopulation and institutional responses, ca. 1770-1789 -- Colonial bodies and hygiene in the Antilles, ca. 1750-1794 -- Doctors, regeneration and the revolutionary crucible, 1789-1804 -- Uncertain territory and fragmented agendas -- 1804-1830 -- From cholera to degeneration, ca. 1830-1848 -- Conclusion : degeneration and regeneration after 1850.

Series:

History of medicine in context

ISBN:

0754660982 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780754660989 (hardback : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)85498513

LCCN:

2007007386

Locations:

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