Description
Book Synopsis"This clear and informative volume, packed with rich sources and illustrations, will be a must for students and scholars embarking on a study of public health. Covering a range of geographical areas and a wide array of topics, it also succeeds in being challenging and thought-provoking, urging its readers to engage with the ways in which historical research can shape our understanding of current health issues."Professor Hilary Marland, Centre for the History of Medicine, University of Warwick, UK
"The great strength of Public Health in History is that its authors show how â history is always a dialogue between the present and the past, and present policy is always informed by understandings of the past. The book is comprehensive in the range of areas covered, yet uses case-studies to explore issues in depth. It will be essential reading for anyone who works or has an interest in public health then and now."
Professor Michael Worboys, Centre for the History o
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 History in Public Health: The nature and practice of history
Virginia Berridge, Martin Gorsky and Alex Mold
Nineteenth Century
Chapter 2 Public Health in the West since 1800: The context
Martin Gorsky
Chapter 3 Public Health in the West since 1800: The responses
Martin Gorsky
Chapter 4 The Development of the Health Professions
Virginia Berridge
Chapter 5 Tropical Medicine
John Manton
Case Studies
Chapter 6 Case Study: Sexual Health
Virginia Berridge
Chapter 7 Case Study: Substance Use
Alex Mold
Chapter 8 Case Study: Malaria
Maureen Malowany and Suzanne Taylor
Twentieth Century
Chapter 9: Health Systems and Welfare States in the West, 1880s-1960s
Martin GorskyChapter 10 Public Health in the Twentieth Century I: 1900-1945
Virginia Berridge
Chapter 11 Global Health
John Manton
Chapter 12 Public Health in the Twentieth Century II: 1945-2000s
Virginia Berridge
Chapter 13 Using History in Policy and Practice
Virginia Berridge
