Medicine and Modernity
Public Health and Medical Care in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Germany
Inbunden, Engelska, 1997
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Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum1997-02-28
- Mått160 x 236 x 21 mm
- Vikt534 g
- FormatInbunden
- SpråkEngelska
- SeriePublications of the German Historical Institute
- Antal sidor254
- FörlagCambridge University Press
- ISBN9780521564113