This book explores the social origins of the Western preoccupation with health and environmental hazards. It looks at the rise of the dichotomy between the vulnerable 'in' and the threatening 'out' by examining the pathologies associated with weather, domestic space, ventilation, clothing, and travel in Britain at the turn of the 19th century.
| Autor: | Jankovic, V. |
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| ISBN: | 9780230104754 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Springer Nature EN |
| Veröffentlicht: | 17.11.2010 |
| Untertitel: | British Airs and the Making of Environmental Medicine |
| Schlagworte: | B Civilization—History Cultural History Engineering: general Environment Environment, general Environmental Sciences Great Britain—History History of Britain and Ireland History of Medicine Humanities and Social Sciences Interdisciplinary studies Life Sciences Life sciences: general issues Medicine—History Palgrave History Collection Popular Science, general Popular works Social & cultural history Social History Technology and Engineering The environment environment;environmental medicine;health popular science |
VLADIMIR JANKOVIC Wellcome Research Lecturer in the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Manchester, UK.