Cholera in Post-Revolutionary Paris - A Cultural History (Hardcover, New)

Cholera terrified and fascinated nineteenth-century Europeans more than any other modern disease. Its symptoms were gruesome, its sources were mysterious, and it tended to strike poor neighbourhoods hardest. In this insightful cultural history, Catherine Kudlick explores the dynamics of class relations through an investigation of the responses to two cholera epidemics in Paris. While Paris climbed toward the height of its urban and industrial growth, two outbreaks of the disease ravaged the capital, one in 1832, the other in 1849. Despite the similarity of the epidemics, the first outbreak was met with general frenzy and far greater attention in the press, popular literature and personal accounts, while the second was greeted with relative silence. Finding no compelling evidence for improved medical know-ledge, changes in the Paris environment, or desensitisation of Parisians, Kudlick looks to the evolution of the French revolutionary tradition and the emergence of the Parisian bourgeoisie for answers.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies on the History of Society and Culture, 25
Release date:	August 2002
First published:	June 1996
Authors:	Catherine J. Kudlick
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	319
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-20273-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Epidemiology & medical statistics
LSN:	0-520-20273-2
Barcode:	9780520202733

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