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Luckin, Bill,

Death and survival in urban Britain : disease, pollution and environment, 1800-1950 / Bill Luckin. - 1 online resource - International library of historical studies ; 96 . - International library of historical studies ; 96. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-264) and index.

"The narratives of disease, hygiene, developments in medicine and the growth of urban environments are fundamental to the discipline of modern history. Here, the eminent urban historian Bill Luckin re-introduces a body of work which, published together for the first time, along with new material and contextualizing notes, marks the beginning of this important strand of historiography. Luckin charts the spread of cholera, fever and the 'everyday' (but frequently deadly) infections that afflicted the inhabitants of London and its 'new manufacturing districts' between the 1830s and the end of the nineteenth century. A second part - 'Pollution and the Ills of Urban-Industrialism' - concentrates on the water and 'smoke' problems and the ways in which they came to be perceived, defined and finally brought under a degree of control. Death and Survival in Urban Britain explores the layered and interacting narratives within the framework of the urban revolution that transformed British society between 1800 and 1950."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

ISBN: 9780857726537 (electronic bk.) 0857726536 (electronic bk.) 9780857739773 (Electronic book (EPUB format) 0857739778 (Electronic book (EPUB format) (print)

Source: 908943 MIL

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB946349 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 019270462 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Pollution--Social aspects--Historiography.--Great Britain
Diseases--Historiography.--Great Britain
Urbanization--Historiography.--Great Britain
Death--Historiography.--Great Britain
Urban health.
Pollution.
Public Health--history
Urbanization--history
Urban Health
Delivery of Health Care--history
Environmental Pollution
Sanitary Engineering--history
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Pollution--Aspect social--Historiographie.--Grande-Bretagne
Maladies--Historiographie.--Grande-Bretagne
Urbanisation--Historiographie.--Grande-Bretagne
Mort--Historiographie.--Grande-Bretagne
Santé urbaine.
Pollution.
Médecine--Histoire--19e siècle.
Médecine--Histoire--20e siècle.
Infectious & contagious diseases.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United Kingdom
Great Britain.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: RA485

Dewey Class. No.: 363.73094109034

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WA 11 FA1