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Informationen zum Autor David McLean is Professor of History at King's College London. He is author of Education and Empire and'War! Diplomacy and Informal Empire and the Republics of La Plata 1836-1853 (I.B. Tauris). Klappentext David McLean provides a detailed study of the efforts of local and national government to combat cholera in nineteenth-century Britain. Based on a unique cache of documents! McLean's account exposes the struggles between local and national governments as they grappled with the enormity of the problem and the conflict between policies of laissez-faire and state intervention. Provides an account of the battle against cholera. This work is based on documents in the naval towns of south-west England. The author's account exposes the struggles between local and national government, and the conflict between policies of laissez-faire and state intervention. Zusammenfassung Provides an account of the battle against cholera. This work is based on documents in the naval towns of south-west England. The author's account exposes the struggles between local and national government, and the conflict between policies of laissez-faire and state intervention. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements – viiIntroduction – ix1. Disease, Politics and Poverty in Nineteenth-century Britain – 12. The Boroughs and Unions of South Devon – 333. Naval Towns and Naval Medicine – 534. The Advent of Cholera – 665. The Local Boards of Health – 786. Experiment at Noss – 957. The Epidemic and the Royal Naval Hospital – 1138. Litigation, the Press and the Navy – 1309. Reaching the People: Controlling the Doctors – 14310. Conclusion – 162Notes – 188Bibliography – 213Index – 231
