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OverviewThe narratives of disease, hygiene, developments in medicine and the growth of urban environments are fundamental to the discipline of modern history. Here, the eminent urban historian Bill Luckin re-introduces a body of work which, published together for the first time, along with new material and contextualizing notes, marks the beginning of this important strand of historiography. Luckin charts the spread of cholera, fever and the 'everyday' (but frequently deadly) infections that afflicted the inhabitants of London and its 'new manufacturing districts' between the 1830s and the end of the nineteenth century. A second part - 'Pollution and the Ills of Urban-Industrialism' - concentrates on the water and 'smoke' problems and the ways in which they came to be perceived, defined and finally brought under a degree of control. Death and Survival in Urban Britain explores the layered and interacting narratives within the framework of the urban revolution that transformed British society between 1800 and 1950. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bill Luckin (University of Bolton, UK)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.488kg ISBN: 9781780768663ISBN 10: 1780768664 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 19 May 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsFigures and Tables Preface Acknowledgements Part 1 : Disease in the City Part 2: Pollution and the Burdens of Urban-Industrialism Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsThis well-written and engaging book steers the reader through the epidemio-logical and environmental terrain of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, both in terms of contemporaries' conceptions of the causes of disease and their amelioration, and how the historian problematises morbidity and mortality in urban Britain. It reproduces in one body Luckin's work at an accessible price. * Family and Community History * This well-written and engaging book steers the reader through the epidemio-logical and environmental terrain of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, both in terms of contemporaries’ conceptions of the causes of disease and their amelioration, and how the historian problematises morbidity and mortality in urban Britain. It reproduces in one body Luckin’s work at an accessible price. * Family and Community History * Author Information"Bill Luckin is Professor of History at the University of Bolton, UK, and the co-editor of the ""Social History of Medicine"" journal." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |