Title Disease, Health Care and Government in Late Imperial Russia : Life and Death on the Volga, 1823-1914

Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (244 pages) Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Conventions and abbreviations; Glossary; Introduction; 1 Cholera in Russia; 2 Saratov on the eve of the epidemic; 3 Cholera in Saratov, 1892; 4 Sanitised politics and the politics of medicine; 5 The revival of cholera: 1904-1910; Conclusion: Saratov, cholera and the empire; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary This book addresses fundamental issues about the last decades of Tsarist Russia, exploring the social, economic and political impact of successive outbreaks of cholera and the politics of public health policy. It makes a significant contribution to current debates about how far and how successfully modernisation was being implemented by the Tsarist regime Notes Print version record Subject Cholera -- Russia (Federation) -- Saratov -- Epidemiology -- History -- 19th century Cholera -- Russia (Federation) -- Saratov -- Epidemiology -- History -- 20th century Urban health -- Russia (Federation) -- Saratov -- History -- 19th century Urban health -- Russia (Federation) -- Saratov -- History -- 20th century Medical care -- Russia (Federation) -- Saratov -- History -- 19th century Medical care -- Russia (Federation) -- Saratov -- History -- 20th century Medical policy -- Russia (Federation) -- Saratov -- History -- 19th century Medical policy -- Russia (Federation) -- Saratov -- History -- 20th century Cholera -- Epidemiology Medical care Medical policy Social conditions Urban health SUBJECT Saratov (Russia) -- Social conditions -- 19th century Saratov (Russia) -- Social conditions -- 20th century Subject Russia (Federation) -- Saratov Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203833971 020383397X

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