Publics and their health : historical problems and perspectives / edited by Alex Mold, Peder Clark and Hannah J. Elizabeth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mold, Alex, editor.

Clark, Peder, editor.

Elizabeth, Hannah J., editor.

Wellcome Trust, Funder.

Series:

Social histories of medicine.

Social Histories of Medicine ; v.45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Preventive health services.

Public health--History.

Public health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why are some groups and individuals seen as problems for public health? How does this change over time and place? Through a series of case-studies, this collection explores the making of 'problem publics' and their relationship with public health authorities.

Contents:

Introduction: publics and their health – historical problems and perspectives / Alex Mold, Peder Clark and Hannah J. Elizabeth

1. ‘Democracy trains its microscope’ on public health: intergovernmental relations, competing publics and negotiations at the grassroots / Jennifer Gunn

2. ‘Dumping grounds for… human waste’: containing problem populations in post-war British public health policy, 1945–74 / Michael Lambert

3. Socialism, health and the politics of identity: conversations from East Germany’s AIDS crisis / Johanna Folland

4. Forgoing fat: food choice, disease prevention and the role of the food industry in health promotion in England, 1980–92 / Jane Hand

5. At the borders of the public: immigrant and migrant publics and the right to health / Beatrix Hoffman

6. The emergence of violence as a public health problem in Argentina / Martín Hernán Di Marco

Afterword: from Asiatic cholera to COVID-19 – the many publics of modern public health / Tom Crook

Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781526156761

1526156768

OCLC:

1372398007