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245 14 a| The province of afflictionh| [electronic resource] :b| illness and the making of early New England /c| Ben Mutschler.;

260 a| Chicago :b| The University of Chicago Press,c| 2020.;

300 a| vii, 366 pages :b| map ;c| 24 cm.;

490 1 a| American beginnings, 1500-1900;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Overviews. A tour of the province: October 18, 1769 ; Illness in the "social credit" and "money" economies of eighteenth-century New England --- Competency. Family competency: scenes from the life course of illness ; Household competency: work, responsibility, and belonging -- Dependency. Smallpox, public health, and town governance ; The domestic costs of war: wartime afflictions -- Agency. Colonial pensioners, the revolutionary invalid corps, and the advent of "decisive disability" ; State paupers and patients -- Epilogue.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "As the first Europeans settled in America, they found themselves often sick, weak, and likely to die. Here, Ben Mutschler explores how illness shaped society and government in New England from roughly 1690 through 1820. He focuses on the building blocks of society and government-family, household, town, colony-and their multifaceted engagements with the problems that diseases caused. Illness both defined and strained early American institutions, bringing people together in the face of calamity yet also driving them apart when the costs of persevering became too high or were too unequally shared"--c| Provided by publisher.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

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The province of affliction illness and the making of early New England / Ben Mutschler.

Author/creator	Mutschler, Ben
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Description	vii, 366 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Diseases--Social aspects. --New England. --History. --18th century. Diseases--Social aspects. --New England. --History. --19th century. Public health--New England. --History. --18th century. Public health--New England. --History. --19th century. New England--History. --18th century. New England--History. --19th century.

Series	American beginnings, 1500-1900 American beginnings, 1500-1900. ^A1144206
Contents	Overviews. A tour of the province: October 18, 1769 ; Illness in the "social credit" and "money" economies of eighteenth-century New England --- Competency. Family competency: scenes from the life course of illness ; Household competency: work, responsibility, and belonging -- Dependency. Smallpox, public health, and town governance ; The domestic costs of war: wartime afflictions -- Agency. Colonial pensioners, the revolutionary invalid corps, and the advent of "decisive disability" ; State paupers and patients -- Epilogue.
Abstract	"As the first Europeans settled in America, they found themselves often sick, weak, and likely to die. Here, Ben Mutschler explores how illness shaped society and government in New England from roughly 1690 through 1820. He focuses on the building blocks of society and government-family, household, town, colony-and their multifaceted engagements with the problems that diseases caused. Illness both defined and strained early American institutions, bringing people together in the face of calamity yet also driving them apart when the costs of persevering became too high or were too unequally shared"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2020000791
ISBN	9780226714424 (cloth)
ISBN	(ebook)

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