Landscapes of Disease

Katerina Gardikas

• Hardcover | Engels | CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine
• Malaria has existed in Greece since prehistoric times. Its prevalence fluctuated depending on climatic, socioeconomic and political changes. The book ... Lees meer

Catholicism, Race and Empire

Richard Cleminson

• Hardcover | Engels | CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine
• This monograph places the science and ideology of eugenics in early twentieth century Portugal in the context of manifestations in other countries in ... Lees meer

Building the New Man

Francesco Cassata

• Hardcover | Engels | CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine | nr. 3
• Based on previously unexplored archival documentation, this book offers the first general overview of the history of Italian eugenics, not limited to ... Lees meer

In Search of Aryan Blood

Rachel E Boaz

• Hardcover | Engels | CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine
• Explores the course of development of German seroanthropology from its origins in World War I until the end of the Third Reich. Gives an all encompass... Lees meer

Health, Hygiene and Eugenics in Southeastern Europe to 1945

• Hardcover | Engels | CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine
• This volume is a collection of chapters that deal with issues of health, hygiene and eugenics in Southeastern Europe to 1945, specifically, in Bosnia-... Lees meer

From the Midwife's Bag to the Patient's File

• Hardcover | Engels | CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine
• This volume offers an analysis of the intertwined relationship between public health and the biopolitical dimensions of state- and nation building in ... Lees meer

Making Muslim Women European

Fabio Giomi

• Hardcover | Engels | CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine | nr. 13
• This social, cultural, and political history of Slavic Muslim women of the Yugoslav region in the first decades of the post-Ottoman era is the first t... Lees meer

The Perils of Race-Thinking

Mark A Brandon

• Hardcover | Engels | CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine
• Eugenics and scientific racism are experiencing a resurgence, and an understanding of the ideas of Ales Hrdlička can help combat them. Today, the raci... Lees meer

Darwin's Footprint

Maria Zarimis

• Hardcover | Engels | CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine
• Darwin's Footprint examines the impact of Darwinism in Greece, investigating how it has shaped Greece in terms of its cultural and intellectual histor... Lees meer

Strengthening Young Bodies, Building the Nation

Despina Karakatsani, Vassiliki Theodorou

• Hardcover | Engels | CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine
• Stimulated by the development of childhood studies and the social history of medicine, this book lays out the historical circumstances that led to the... Lees meer