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Publics and their health : historical problems and perspectives / edited Alex Mold, Peder Clark, and Hannah J. Elizabeth.

Mold, Alex, (author.). Clark, Peder, (editor.). Elizabeth, Hannah J., (editor.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781526156761
ISBN: 1526156768
ISBN: 9781526156747
ISBN: 1526156741
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
Publisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2023.
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

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

Source of Description Note:

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 28, 2023).