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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817622103321

Autore

Leavitt Judith Walzer

Titolo

The healthiest city : Milwaukee and the politics of health reform / / Judith Walzer Leavitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, WI, : University of Wisconsin Press, c1996

ISBN

0-299-15163-8

0-585-17617-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxiii, 294 p. : ill

Disciplina

362.1/09775/95

Soggetti

Health care reform - Wisconsin - Milwaukee - History

Public health administration - Wisconsin - Milwaukee - History

Public health - Wisconsin - Milwaukee - History

Milwaukee (Wis.) Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Milwaukee: The City and Its Health Problems -- 2. The City Health Department -- 3. The Politics of Health Reform: Smallpox -- 4. The Politics of Health Reform: Garbage -- 5. The Politics of Health Reform: Milk -- 6. The Volunteers -- 7. The Healthiest City -- 8. The Process of Change -- Chronological Outline of Public Health History in Milwaukee -- Essay on the Sources -- Index.