2008 urban geography plenary lecture - Public health as urban politics, urban geography: Venereal biopower in Seattle, 1943-1983

Urban Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-29

  Brown, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Governmentality; Public health; Sexuality; Urban politics

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUALITY; STATE ROLE; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN POLITICS;

EID: 69249107828     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.30.1.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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