American contagions : (Record no. 13958)
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| fixed length control field | 01691cam a2200265 i 4500 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780300257274 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0300257279 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | KF3800 .W58 2022 |
| Item number | 1 |
| MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Witt, John Fabian, |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | American contagions : |
| Remainder of title | epidemics and the law from smallpox to COVID-19 / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | John Fabian Witt. |
| Copyright Date | |
| Place of publication | New Haven, Connecticut : |
| Name of publisher | Yale University Press, |
| Year of publication or production | [2020] |
| Copyright Date | |
| Year of publication or production | ©2020 |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 174 pages : |
| GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Notes, index. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | " From yellow fever to smallpox to polio to AIDS to COVID-19, epidemics have prompted Americans to make choices and answer questions about their basic values and their laws. In five concise chapters, historian John Fabian Witt traces the legal history of epidemics, showing how infectious disease has both shaped, and been shaped by, the law. Arguing that throughout American history legal approaches to public health have been liberal for some communities and authoritarian for others, Witt shows us how history's answers to the major questions brought up by previous epidemics help shape our answers today: What is the relationship between individual liberty and the common good? What is the role of the federal government, and what is the role of the states? Will long-standing traditions of government and law give way to the social imperatives of an epidemic? Will we let the inequities of our mixed tradition continue?"--Amazon. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | COVID-19 (Disease) |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Communicable diseases |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Epidemics |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Public health laws |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Communicable diseases. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | COVID-19 (Disease) |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Epidemics. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Public health laws. |
| ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | 11/05/2024 | KF3800 .W58, 2022 | 0195488 | Books |