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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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, clothing, and travel in Britain at the turn of the 19th century.
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Confronting the Climate: British Airs and the Making of Environmental Medicine
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Confronting the Climate: British Airs and the Making of Environmental Medicine
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781349289349 |
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| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication date: | 11/17/2010 |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology |
| Edition description: | 1st ed. 2010 |
| Pages: | 229 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d) |
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