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Health and Welfare in St. Petersburg, 1900-1941 - Protecting the Collective (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,469
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Health and Welfare in St. Petersburg, 1900-1941 - Protecting the Collective (Hardcover): Christopher Williams

Health and Welfare in St. Petersburg, 1900-1941 - Protecting the Collective (Hardcover)

Christopher Williams

Series: The History of Medicine in Context

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In the first book to chart late Imperial and Soviet health policy and its impact on the health of the collective in Russia's former capital and second "regime" city, Christopher Williams argues that in pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg radical sections of the medical profession and the Bolsheviks highlighted the local and Tsarist government's failure to protect the health of poor peasants and the working class due to conflicts over the priority and direction of health policy, budget constraints and political division amongst doctors. They sought to forge alliances to change the law on social insurance and to prioritise the health of the collective. Situating pre- and post-revolutionary health policies in the context of revolutions, civil war, market transition and Stalin's rise to power, Williams shows how attempts were made to protect the Body Russian/Soviet and to create a healthier lifestyle and environment for key members of the new Soviet state. This failed due to shortages of money, ideology and Soviet medical and cultural norms. It resulted in ad hoc interventions into people's lives and the promotion of medical professionalization, and then the imposition of restrictions resulting from changes in the Party line. Williams shows that when the health of the collective was threatened and created medical disorder, it led to state coercion.

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Imprint: Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: The History of Medicine in Context
Release date: July 2018
Authors: Christopher Williams
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 978-0-7546-5534-3
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General
Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
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LSN: 0-7546-5534-2
Barcode: 9780754655343

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