Naples in the time of cholera, 1884-1911:

This 1995 book is a medical and social history of Italy's largest city during the cholera epidemics of 1884 and 1910-11. It explores the factors that exposed Naples to risk; it examines such popular responses as social hysteria, riots and religiosity; and it traces therapeutic strategies. Chole...

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Beteilige Person: Snowden, Frank M. 1946-
Format: E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1995
Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511582233
Zusammenfassung:This 1995 book is a medical and social history of Italy's largest city during the cholera epidemics of 1884 and 1910-11. It explores the factors that exposed Naples to risk; it examines such popular responses as social hysteria, riots and religiosity; and it traces therapeutic strategies. Cholera also became a metaphor for discontent with the regime: the 1884 outbreak was a national issue which led to the rebuilding of the city amidst widespread corruption. The book sets Naples in a comparative international framework; the disease is also related to larger historical issues, such as the nature of liberal statecraft, the 'Southern Question', mass emigration, organised crime, urban renewal, and the medical profession.
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 478 Seiten)
ISBN:9780511582233