Russia in the Time of Cholera Disease under Romanovs and Soviets

As the nineteenth century drew to a close and epidemics in western Europe were waning, the deadly cholera vibrio continued to wreak havoc in Russia, outlasting the Romanovs. Scholars have since argued that cholera eventually fell prey to better sanitation and strict quarantine under the Soviets, citing as evidence imperial mismanagement, a `backward' tsarist medical system and physicians' anachronistic environmental interpretations of the disease. Drawing on extensive archival research and the so-called `material turn' in historiography, however, John P. Davis here demonstrates that Romanov-era physicians' environmental approach to disease was not ill-grounded, nor a consequence of neo-liberal or populist political leanings, but born of pragmatic scientific considerations. The physicians confronted cholera in a broad and sophisticated way, essentially laying the foundations for the system of public health that the Soviets successfully used to defeat cholera during the New Economic Policy (1922-1928). By focusing for the first time on the conclusion of the cholera epoch in Russia, Davis adds an indispensable layer of nuance to the existing conception of Romanov Russia and its complicated legacy in the Soviet period.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John P Davis, John P. (Hopkinsville Community College Davis, Davis John P., John P. Davis, Davis John P
• Editore: Tauris, I.B.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.01.2018
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia
• EAN: 9781788311687
• ISBN: 978-1-78831-168-7
• Numero di pagine: 336
• Serie: Library of Modern Russian History; Library of Modern Russia; Library of Modern Russian History
• Categorie: Russland, Europäische Geschichte, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Russia, Epidemiology & medical statistics, Humangeographie, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Russian Revolution, MEDICAL / History, History - General History, HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, The environment, History of Medicine, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Human Geography, History and Archaeology, Marxism & Communism, Historical Geography, Epidemiology and Medical statistics, HISTORY / Russia / General