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Pioneering Health in London, 1935-2000 - The Peckham Experiment (Hardcover)
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Pioneering Health in London, 1935-2000 - The Peckham Experiment (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
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The Peckham Experiment, conducted between 1935 and 1950 in the
London Pioneer Health Centre, was one of the most talked-about
social experiments of the 20th century. Families from the South
London neighbourhood of Peckham were invited to use the facilities
of a radiantly modern building. They were encouraged to freely
choose and organize their leisure activities, taking advantage of a
swimming pool, a gymnasium, and a self-service cafeteria. In doing
so, both their health status and interaction with other members of
the nascent centre-community were closely observed by a team of
physicians. The first research monograph on the history of the
experiment building on archival sources, this book combines a
micro-historical perspective with methods from the history of
science. It shows how bio-medical holism and evolutionary theories
typical of the interwar years informed research on social life in
the centre. But it also reveals that the "guinea pigs", too, were
trying to make sense of the research they were taking part in. The
outcome was an ambiguous social laboratory that generated new
insights into the power of social groups to self-organize, which
were soon discussed all over the world - and continue to haunt
British political debates today.
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