The great nation in decline : sex, modernity and health crises in revolutionary France c.1750-1850 / Sean M. Quinlan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quinlan, Sean M.

Series:

History of medicine in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public health--France--History--18th century.

Public health.

Public health--France--History--19th century.

Sexual health--France--History--18th century.

Sexual health.

Sexual health--France--History--19th century.

Social medicine--France--History--18th century.

Social medicine.

Social medicine--France--History--19th century.

Degeneration--France--History--18th century.

Degeneration.

Degeneration--France--History--19th century.

Hygiene--history.

History.

France.

History, 18th Century.

History, 19th Century.

Morals.

Physician's Role--history.

Social Conditions--history.

Medical Subjects:

Hygiene--history.

France.

History, 18th Century.

History, 19th Century.

Morals.

Physician's Role--history.

Social Conditions--history.

Physical Description:

x, 265 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007]

Contents:

Introduction : degenerations, regeneration and health panics in modern France - A medical diagnosis of social crisis, 1750-1770

Depopulation and institutional responses, ca. 1770-1789

Colonial bodies and hygiene in the Antilles, ca. 1750-1794

Doctors, regeneration and the revolutionary crucible, 1789-1804

Uncertain territory and fragmented agendas

1804-1830

From cholera to degeneration, ca. 1830-1848

Conclusion : degeneration and regeneration after 1850.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-247) and index.

ISBN:

9780754660989

0754660982

OCLC:

85498513