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UNINA9910777990903321 |
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Autore |
Durbach Nadja <1971-> |
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Titolo |
Bodily matters [[electronic resource] ] : the anti-vaccination movement in England, 1853-1907 / / Nadja Durbach |
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Durham, : Duke University Press, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-02404-7 |
9786613024046 |
0-8223-8650-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (294 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Smallpox - Vaccination - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-268) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The parliamentary lancet -- Fighting the "babies battle" -- Populism, citizenship, and the politics of Victorian liberalism -- The body politics of class formation -- Vampires, vivisectors, and the Victorian body -- Germs, dirt, and the constitution -- Class, gender, and the conscientious objector. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Considers the Victorian anti-vaccination movement in the context of debates over citizenship, parental rights, class politics, the significance of bodily integrity, the control of contagious disease, and state access to the bodies of both adult and infant |
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