Gender, Sexuality, and Syphilis in Early Modern Venice - (Early Modern History: Society and Culture) by L McGough (Hardcover)

Name: Gender, Sexuality, and Syphilis in Early Modern Venice - (Early Modern History: Society and Culture) by L McGough (Hardcover)
Brand: Palgrave MacMillan
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A unique study of how syphilis, better known as the French disease in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, became so widespread and embedded in the society, culture and institutions of early modern Venice due to the pattern of sexual relations that developed from restrictive marital customs, widespread migration and male privilege.
About the Author: LAURA MCGOUGH is Lecturer in the School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Ghana.
202 Pages
History, Europe
Series Name: Early Modern History: Society and Culture

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A unique study of how syphilis, better known as the French disease in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, became so widespread and embedded in the society, culture and institutions of early modern Venice due to the pattern of sexual relations that developed from restrictive marital customs, widespread migration and male privilege.

About the Author

LAURA MCGOUGH is Lecturer in the School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Ghana. She undertook postdoctoral training in sexually transmitted diseases at Johns Hopkins University after completing her Ph.D. at Northwestern University in History, and has worked as a consultant for HIV/AIDS projects for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), WHO, and other organizations.

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Weight: .97 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 202

Genre: History

Sub-Genre: Europe

Series Title: Early Modern History: Society and Culture

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Theme: Italy

Format: Hardcover

Author: L McGough

Language: English

Street Date: November 30, 2010

TCIN: 1006378921

UPC: 9780230252929

Item Number (DPCI): 247-11-8674

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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