Contagion and the State in Europe, 1830-1930
Editorial Reviews
Review
'... a quite dazzling work, imaginative in conception, broad in vision, amazingly erudite in execution, and perceptive in its judgments. There is simply no work like it - a Europe-wide juxtaposition of medicine and politics. Readers will surely relish the astonishing 'War and Peace' panorama of disease and the destiny of Europe which Baldwin paints, and the consummate mastery with which he handles his materials.' Roy Porter, late of Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine
'It is the most important recent book in a field that is undergoing a significant renewal. It is also a masterwork of comparative history. Quite simply, it is essential reading for all historians of modern public health.' Bulletin of the History of Medicine
'This is one of those rare works of history, wholly satisfying in its own terms, which also sets a broad agenda for future investigation.' International History Review
Book Description
This book explains the historical reasons for the divergence in public health policies adopted in Britain, France, Germany and Sweden, and the spectrum of responses to the threat of contagious diseases such as cholera, smallpox and syphilis. In particular the book examines the link between politics and prevention, and uses medical history to illuminate broader questions of the development of statutory intervention and the comparative and divergent evolution of the modern state in Europe.
Contagion and the State in Europe, 1830-1930
Contagion and the State in Europe, 1830-1930,Peter Baldwin,Cambridge University Press,0521642884,19th century,Communicable diseases,Europe,Europe - General,Health Care Policy,History,History - General History,History: World,Medical,National health services,Preventive Medicine,Public Health,20th century,European history: c 1750 to c 1900,Germany,Health systems & services,History / World,Medicine, State--Europe--History--19th century,United Kingdom, Great Britain,c 1800 to c 1900
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