Confronting the Climate [electronic resource] : British Airs and the Making of Environmental Medicine /
Jankovic, V.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 Exposed and Vulnerable""; ""Chapter 2 Cursed by Comfort""; ""Chapter 3 Artificial Airs""; ""Chapter 4 Intimate Climates""; ""Chapter 5 The Choice of Air""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-223) and index.
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.
Great Britain—History.
Civilization—History.
Environment.
Popular works.
Social history.
Medicine—History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Cultural History.
Environment, general.
Popular Science, general.
Social History.
History of Medicine.