Confronting the Climate
British Airs and the Making of Environmental Medicine
Part of the Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology book series (PSHST)
About this book
Introduction
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.
Keywords
environment environmental medicine health
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230113466
- Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2010
- Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, New York
- eBook Packages Palgrave History Collection
- Print ISBN 978-1-349-28934-9
- Online ISBN 978-0-230-11346-6
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