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The Province of Affliction: Illness and the Making of Early New England

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Jan 28 2021
The Province of Affliction: Illness and the Making of Early New England

In The Province of Affliction Ben Mutschler integrates the history of disease into the narrative of early American social and political development, illuminating the fragility of autonomy, individualism, and advancement. Each sickness in early New England created its own web of interdependent social relations that could both enable survival and set off a long bureaucratic struggle to determine responsibility for the misfortune. From families and households to townships, colonies, and states, ... view more »

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