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Fevered Lives : Tuberculosis in American Culture since 1870
Fevered Lives Tuberculosis in American Culture since 1870
Author: Katherine Ott
Fevered Lives explores the changing meanings of consumption/tuberculosis in an extraordinarily readable cultural history. Emphasizing the material culture of disease, Ott traces the shift from the pre-industrial world of 1870, in which consumption was conceived of primarily as a middle-class malaise that conferred virtue, heightened spiri...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674299108
ISBN-10: 0674299108
Publication Date: 11/1/1996
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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