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Health and medicine on display : international expositions in the United States, 1876-1904

Title
Health and medicine on display : international expositions in the United States, 1876-1904 / Julie K. Brown.
Author
Brown, Julie K.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009.
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Description
xi, 326 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
This work offers a book-length examination of how international expositions, through their exhibits and infrastructures, sought to demonstrate innovations in applied health and medical practice.
Subject
  • Geschichte 1876-1904
  • Public health > United States > Exhibitions > History
  • Medicine > United States > Exhibitions > History
  • Exhibitions > United States > History > 19th century
  • Exhibitions > United States > History > 20th century
  • Exhibits as Topic > United States
  • Public Health > United States > history
  • Communicable Disease Control > United States > history
  • History, 19th Century > United States
  • History, 20th Century > United States
  • Military Medicine > United States > history
  • Sanitation > United States > history
  • Medizin
  • United States
Genre/Form
Ausstellung – Krankheit.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Exposition infrastructure and exhibition display : an introduction -- Judging the progress of sanitary science : the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition -- Preventing fear and panic : the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition -- Occupying a vast camp : the 1901 Buffalo Pan-American Exposition -- Making a solemn protest : site and services at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition -- Presentations for the public eye : exhibits and exhibitors at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
Call Number
JFE 15-8166
ISBN
  • 9780262026574
  • 0262026570
LCCN
2008041725
OCLC
257324626
Author
Brown, Julie K.
Title
Health and medicine on display : international expositions in the United States, 1876-1904 / Julie K. Brown.
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Chronological Term
Geschichte 1876-1904.
Research Call Number
JFE 15-8166
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