Confronting the Climate British Airs and the Making of Environmental Medicine
This book explores the social origins of the Western preoccupation with health and environmental hazards. It looks at the rise of the dichotomy between the vulnerable 'in' and the threatening 'out' by examining the pathologies associated with weather, domestic space, ventilation,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan US
2010, 2010
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| Series: | Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This book explores the social origins of the Western preoccupation with health and environmental hazards. It looks at the rise of the dichotomy between the vulnerable 'in' and the threatening 'out' by examining the pathologies associated with weather, domestic space, ventilation, clothing, and travel in Britain at the turn of the 19th century |
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| Physical Description: | 240 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9780230113466 |