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Beschreibung
This book offers a global, historical analysis of the changes and continuities in one of society's basic functions: seeking to protect itself from disease.
This book offers a global, historical analysis of the changes and continuities in one of society's basic functions: seeking to protect itself from disease.
Über den Autor

Peter N. Stearns is Distinguished University Professor of History Emeritus, at George Mason University, United States. In both teaching and writing he has worked to explore major topics in a world history framework, as in his book on Punishment in World History. This new book, on hygiene, also relates to his interest in the history of emotions, where he has helped to develop a major research field.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Hygiene and History 2. Early Stages of Human Hygiene: from hunting and gathering to early civilizations 3. Hygiene Advances, Limitations and Styles in Classical and Postclassical Societies, c.800 BCE -1500 CE 4. Toward More Explicit Hygiene, 1500-1800 5. Hygiene in the Modern World: themes and challenges 6. The Hygiene Revolution in the West, 1800-1920s 7. Hygiene and Imperialism 8. Independence Outside the West, 1850-1950: Hygiene in Latin America, the Middle East and Japan 9. Communist Revolutions and Hygiene 10. Beyond the Sanitary Revolution: Western societies in the 20th century 11. Hygiene and Globalization, 1970s-2020s 12. Main Themes and New Directions

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781041036760
ISBN-10: 1041036760
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Stearns, Peter N.
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: Peter N. Stearns
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.09.2025
Gewicht: 0,27 kg
Artikel-ID: 134020191

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