Naples in the Time of Cholera, 1884-1911 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521893862)

This 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. This book is the first extended study of cholera in modern Italy; it sets Naples in a comparative international framework and relates the disease to larger historical issues, such as the nature of liberal statecraft, the "southern question," mass emigration, organized crime, and the medical profession.

Author: Frank M. Snowden
ISBN-10: 0521893860
ISBN-13: 9780521893862
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/18/2002
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.61lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.12w x 1.17d