The Pasteurization of France |
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Author:
| Latour, Bruno |
Translator:
| Sheridan, Alan Law, John |
ISBN: | 978-0-674-65761-8 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1993 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $45.50 |
Book Description:
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Almost every town in France has a street named for Louis Pasteur--but did he alone stop people from spitting, persuade them to dig drains, influence them to get vaccinated? Latour makes the case that Pasteur's success depended upon a network of forces including the public hygiene movement, the medical profession, and colonial interests.
Almost every town in France has a street named for Louis Pasteur--but did he alone stop people from spitting, persuade them to dig drains, influence them to get vaccinated? Latour makes the case that Pasteur's success depended upon a network of forces including the public hygiene movement, the medical profession, and colonial interests.