Gospel of Germs: Men, Women and the Microbe in American Life

by NTomes (Author)

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Paperback
1999
$38.57

Exploring the modern disease consciousness, Nancy Tomes shows how advances in bacteriology in the late-19th century showed people they could prevent disease by taking precautions. The work looks at the history and culture of a long-standing obsession with germs, and its relevance to our own lives.

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Exploring the modern disease consciousness, Nancy Tomes shows how advances in bacteriology in the late-19th century showed people they could prevent disease by taking precautions. The work looks at the history and culture of a long-standing obsession with germs, and its relevance to our own lives.

$38.57

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 05 Aug 1999
ISBN 10: 0674357086
ISBN 13: 9780674357082