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Imperial hygiene : a critical history of colonialism, nationalism and public health /

This book is a cultural history of borders, hygiene and race. It is about foreign bodies: from Victorian vaccines to the pathologised interwar immigrant; from smallpox quarantine to the leper colony; from sexual hygiene to national hygiene to imperial hygiene. Taking British colonialism and White Au...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bashford, Alison, 1963-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndsmills [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Subjects:
Medical policy > Australia > History.
Public health > Political aspects > Australia > History.
Imperialism > Health aspects > Australia > History.
Communicable diseases > Australia > Prevention > History.
Public Health > history > Australia.
Colonialism > history > Australia.
Hygiene > history > Australia.
Politics > Australia.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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