Confronting the Climate: British Airs and the Making of Environm

Vladimir Jankovic - Confronting the Climate: British Airs and the Making of Environmental Medicine
Published: 2010-09-15 | ISBN: 0230104754 | PDF | 240 pages | 2 MB


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 ΓÇ£inΓÇ¥ and the threatening ΓÇ£outΓÇ¥ by examining the pathologies associated with weather, domestic space, ventilation, clothing, and travel in Britain at the turn of the 19th century.