Naples in the Time of Cholera, 1884–1911

di Frank M. Snowden (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 1995

This 1995 book is a medical and social history of Italy's largest city during the cholera epidemics of 1884 and 1910–11. It explores the factors that exposed Naples to risk; it examines such popular responses as social hysteria, riots and religiosity; and it traces therapeutic strategies. Cholera also became a metaphor for discontent with the regime: the 1884 outbreak was a national issue which led to the rebuilding of the city amidst widespread corruption. The book sets Naples in a comparative international framework; the disease is also related to larger historical issues, such as the nature of liberal statecraft, the 'Southern Question', mass emigration, organised crime, urban renewal, and the medical profession.

• Autore: Frank M. Snowden
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Anno: 1995
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 496 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• Peso: 900 gr.
• EAN: 9780521483100

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