Conevery Bolton Valenčius, The health of the country: how American settlers understood themselves and their land, New York, Basic Books, 2002, pp. viii, 388, illus., $30.00 (hardback 0-465-08986-0).

Margaret Humphreys

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Conevery Bolton Valenčius, The health of the country: how American settlers understood themselves and their land, New York, Basic Books, 2002, pp. viii, 388, illus., $30.00 (hardback 0-465-08986-0).

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Information: Medical History , Volume 49 , Issue 1 , 01 January 2005 , pp. 114 - 115

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Conevery Bolton Valenčius, The health of the country: how American settlers understood themselves and their land, New York, Basic Books, 2002, pp. viii, 388, illus., $30.00 (hardback 0-465-08986-0).

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