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Originally published in 1976, this is the account of British
society's response to the threat of disease. It is the story of an
administrative fight to exclude the disease by quarantine and to
persuade commerce and working-class people to observe carefully
thought-out regulations. The story of one of failure - of men
hampered by lack of information, lack of resources and lack of a
convincing scientific explanation. Medical science failed to see
that infected water supplies were the major carriers of the
epidemic and failed to acknowledge saline infusion (the basis of
successful modern treatment) when it was presented to them by an
obscure local surgeon in Leith. The social structure of the medical
profession was as much a barrier to scientific advance as the
technical limitations of statistical method and microscope. These
reactions are explained in terms of the expectations and the
understanding of those involved as well as in terms of modern
medical knowledge and sociological theory.
First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and
Francis, an informa company.
This atlas draws together crucial social and economic data on
England, Scotland and Wales between 1780 and 1914, and gives a
clear guide to the industrial development of Great Britain during
the modern period.
This is an innovative study of middle class behaviour and property
relations in English towns in Georgian and Victorian Britain.
Through the lens of wills, family papers, property deeds, account
books and letters, the author offers a new reading of the ways in
which middle class families survived and surmounted the economic
difficulties of early industrial society. He argues that these were
essentially 'networked' families created and affirmed by a 'gift'
networks of material goods, finance, services and support with
property very much at the centre of middle class survival
strategies. His approach combines microhistorical studies of
individual families with a broader analysis of the national and
even international networks within which these families operated.
The result is a significant contribution to the history of the
middle classes, to economic, business, urban and gender history,
and to debates about the place of structural and cultural analysis
in historical understanding.
This is an innovative study of middle-class behaviour and property
relations in English towns in Georgian and Victorian Britain.
Through the lens of wills, family papers, property deeds, account
books and letters, the author offers a reading of the ways in which
middle-class families survived and surmounted the economic
difficulties of early industrial society. He argues that these were
essentially 'networked' families created and affirmed by a 'gift'
network of material goods, finance, services and support, with
property very much at the centre of middle-class survival
strategies. His approach combines microhistorical studies of
individual families with a broader analysis of the national and
even international networks within which these families operated.
The result is a significant contribution to the history, and to
debates about the place of structural and cultural analysis in
historical understanding.
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