Cholera 1832

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.

Autorentext

R. J. Morris is Professor Emeritus, Economic and Social History at the University of Scotland, UK

Klappentext

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.

Inhalt

1. Prologue 2. Approach 3. Sunderland 4. Containment Fails 5. Victims 6. Class, Power and Cholera 7. Religion and Morals 8. Medicine and Science 9. Epilogue 10. Reflections.