Publics and Their Health : : Historical Problems and Perspectives.
Why are some groups and individuals seen as problems for public health? How does this change over time and place? Through a series of case-studies, this collection explores the making of 'problem publics' and their relationship with public health authorities.
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| Superior document: | Social Histories of Medicine Series ; v.45 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Manchester : : Manchester University Press,, 2023. ©2023. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Social Histories of Medicine Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (215 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Introduction: publics and their health - historical problems and perspectives
- 1. 'Democracy trains its microscope' on public health: intergovernmental relations, competing publics and negotiations at the grassroots
- 2. 'Dumping grounds for … human waste': containing problem populations in post-war British public health policy, 1945-74
- 3. Socialism, health and the politics of identity: conversations from East Germany's AIDS crisis
- 4. Forgoing fat: food choice, disease prevention and the role of the food industry in health promotion in England, 1980-92
- 5. At the borders of the public: immigrant and migrant publics and the right to health
- 6. The emergence of violence as a public health problem in Argentina
- Afterword: from Asiatic cholera to COVID-19 - the many publics of modern public health
- Index.