Plague of strangers: social groups and the origins of city services in Cincinnati, 1819-1870

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Subjects (LCSH):
Urban policy -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- History -- 19th centuryMunicipal services -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- History -- 19th century
Municipal government -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- History -- 19th century
Human services -- Ohio -- Cincinnati -- History -- 19th century
Issue Date:
1991Metadata
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The Ohio State University PressSeries/Report no.:
Urban life and urban landscape seriesDescription:
(print) xxiii, 287 p. ; 23 cm
Contents:
Foreword ix -- Acknowledgments xv -- Introduction xvii -- 1. Serving the American Public 1 -- 2. From Individual to Group 43 -- 3. Fighting the Plague 90 -- 4. Coming Apart 131 -- 5. Medical Complications 165 -- 6. Creating a New Agency: -- The Department of Health 197 -- Coda 227 -- Notes 235 -- Index 283
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BookISBN:
081420550X (print)Other Identifiers:
OCLC #23650450 (print)LCCN 91016750 (print)
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