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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1. Verfasser: Snowden, Frank M. (Frank Martin), 1946-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
DE-863
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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvi, 478 pages) : maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 448-462) and index.
ISBN:0585131066
9780585131061
0511582234
9780511582233
0511001029
9780511001024

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