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.

Author: V. Jankovic
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/17/2010
Pages: 229
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9781349289349

About the Author
VLADIMIR JANKOVIC Wellcome Research Lecturer in the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Manchester, UK.