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The great nation in decline: sex, modernity and health crises in revolutionary France c.1750-1850

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This work examines how doctors contributed to a much broader public discussion about physical degeneracy and depopulation in France between roughly 1750 to 1850, a period in which leading intellectuals and public officials believed that the 'great nation' was menaced by decadence and decline.

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Product Details
Routledge
1317029895 / 9781317029892
eBook (Adobe Pdf)
18/03/2016
England
English
265 pages
Copy: 30%; print: 30%
Reprint. Previously issued in print: Aldershot: Ashgate, 2008 Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.