Author: James MEASE (M.D.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Address on the subject of establishing a Pattern Farm in the vicinity of Philadelphia ... Delivered at the annual meeting of the “Philadelphia Society for promoting Agriculture.”
Author: James MEASE (M.D.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Catalogue of the Library of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge
Author: American Philosophical Society (PHILADELPHIA)
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Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Publisher:
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Pages : 320
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Catalogue of the Library of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge
Author: American Philosophical Society. Library
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Category : Classification
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Category : Classification
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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The Contagious City
Author: Simon Finger
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801464005
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
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By the time William Penn was planning the colony that would come to be called Pennsylvania, with Philadelphia at its heart, Europeans on both sides of the ocean had long experience with the hazards of city life, disease the most terrifying among them. Drawing from those experiences, colonists hoped to create new urban forms that combined the commercial advantages of a seaport with the health benefits of the country. The Contagious City details how early Americans struggled to preserve their collective health against both the strange new perils of the colonial environment and the familiar dangers of the traditional city, through a period of profound transformation in both politics and medicine. Philadelphia was the paramount example of this reforming tendency. Tracing the city's history from its founding on the banks of the Delaware River in 1682 to the yellow fever outbreak of 1793, Simon Finger emphasizes the importance of public health and population control in decisions made by the city's planners and leaders. He also shows that key figures in the city's history, including Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush, brought their keen interest in science and medicine into the political sphere. Throughout his account, Finger makes clear that medicine and politics were inextricably linked, and that both undergirded the debates over such crucial concerns as the city's location, its urban plan, its immigration policy, and its creation of institutions of public safety. In framing the history of Philadelphia through the imperatives of public health, The Contagious City offers a bold new vision of the urban history of colonial America.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801464005
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
By the time William Penn was planning the colony that would come to be called Pennsylvania, with Philadelphia at its heart, Europeans on both sides of the ocean had long experience with the hazards of city life, disease the most terrifying among them. Drawing from those experiences, colonists hoped to create new urban forms that combined the commercial advantages of a seaport with the health benefits of the country. The Contagious City details how early Americans struggled to preserve their collective health against both the strange new perils of the colonial environment and the familiar dangers of the traditional city, through a period of profound transformation in both politics and medicine. Philadelphia was the paramount example of this reforming tendency. Tracing the city's history from its founding on the banks of the Delaware River in 1682 to the yellow fever outbreak of 1793, Simon Finger emphasizes the importance of public health and population control in decisions made by the city's planners and leaders. He also shows that key figures in the city's history, including Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush, brought their keen interest in science and medicine into the political sphere. Throughout his account, Finger makes clear that medicine and politics were inextricably linked, and that both undergirded the debates over such crucial concerns as the city's location, its urban plan, its immigration policy, and its creation of institutions of public safety. In framing the history of Philadelphia through the imperatives of public health, The Contagious City offers a bold new vision of the urban history of colonial America.
British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books
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Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Pages : 620
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 714
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 714
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Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Joseph Sabin
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Technical Americana
Author: Evald Rink
Publisher: Millwood, N.Y. : Kraus International Publications
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 816
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Publisher: Millwood, N.Y. : Kraus International Publications
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 816
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Catalogue of the library
Author: American Philosophical Society. Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Subject index
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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