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European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire Volume 28, 2021 - Issue 5-6: Special Issue: Imperial and Post-imperial Healthcare before Welfare States/ Politiques de santé et soins impériaux et post-impériaux avant les états-providence
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Introduction

Imperial and post-imperial healthcare before welfare states

Hannah-Louise Clarka Economic and Social History, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Barry Doyleb Department of History, English, Linguistics and Music, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9656-8498View further author information
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Pages 617-635 | Received 04 Aug 2021, Accepted 07 Oct 2021, Published online: 26 Jan 2022

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