Confronting the Climate: British Airs and the Making of Environmental Medicine (Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology)

This book explores the social origins of the Western preoccupation with health and environmental hazards. It looks at the rise of the dichotomy between the vulnerable 'in' and the threatening 'out' by examining the pathologies associated with weather, domestic space, ventilation, clothing, and travel in Britain at the turn of the 19th century. This book explores the social origins of the Western preoccupation with health and environmental hazards. It looks at the rise of the dichotomy between the vulnerable "in" and the threatening "out" by examining the pathologies associated with weather, domestic space, ventilation, clothing, and travel in Britain at the turn of the 19th century Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-14 Exposed and Vulnerable....Pages 15-40 Cursed by Comfort....Pages 41-65 Artificial Airs....Pages 67-91 Intimate Climates....Pages 93-117 The Choice of Air....Pages 119-150 Conclusion....Pages 151-155 Back Matter....Pages 157-229