The Politics of Disease
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9110-7 (ISBN)
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From the 16th century to the present, this work traces the interactions of disease and politics in the United States. Major pandemics, local outbreaks, and even presidential illnesses are all examined to see how political parties have seized upon their origins, spread, and treatment to promote their own ideologies. Immigration, civil rights, gender, war, economics, public health, modernization, and elections are all discussed in relation to the outbreaks. The book demonstrates how disease helped secure independence, led to the writing of the Constitution, brought America into the War of 1812 and the Spanish-American War, led to limits on immigration, kept the United States out of the League of Nations, led to women voting, produced two political parties--and more.
David R. Petriello teaches history at Caldwell University in Caldwell, New Jersey. He specializes in disease and its impact on history. He has previously written books on military history, Chinese history, and the role of disease in history.
Table of Contents
Introduction
I. Disease and the Conquest of the Americas
II. Inoculation Intrigue
III. A Nation Forged in Gout
IV. Mosquitos and the Emergence of Political Parties
V. Buffalo Fever and the Anti-War Movement
VI. “A people so well fed and so clean”: Cholera and Jacksonian Politics
VII. Presidential Poxes
VIII. “The Wretched Refuse”: Disease and 19th-Century Immigration Debates
IX. Rashes and Reforms
X. The Pox of Progressivism: Vaccinations
XI. The Pox of Progressivism: Culling the Herd
XII. Disease and the Democratic Process
XIII. Immigration and Illness in the 20th Century
XIV. The AIDS Epidemic?
XV. Moon Fever
XVI. The “Wuhan” Virus
Conclusion
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 03.01.2023 |
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Zusatzinfo | notes, bibliography, index |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 336 g |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete |
Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4766-9110-X / 147669110X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-9110-7 / 9781476691107 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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