Health Policies in Interwar Europe: A Transnational Perspective (Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine)

Research into public health policies and expert instruction has been oriented traditionally in the national context. There is a rich historiography that analyses the development of health policies and systems in various European and American countries during the first decades of the twentieth century. What is often ignored, however, is the study of the great many connections and circulations of knowledge, people, technologies, artefacts and practices during that period between countries. This book redresses that balance. Health Policies in Interwar Europe- front Cover Health Policies in Interwar Europe Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgments List of abbreviations Chapter 1: Health policies in the twentieth century: a transnationalissue Why transnational history? Circulating science and technology The civilising process and homo hygienicus Chapter 2: Historical origins of health policies From public health to social medicine: the politicaldimension of disease The birth of public health International diplomacy and national institutions The Office Internationale d’Hygiène Publique and theLeague of Nations Chapter 3: Networks of experts: national policies and transnationalactors Health and international diplomacy Creating expert knowledge Public health experts as transnational actors Chapter 4: The relevance of international organisations Transnational actors guiding health research and health policies: the historical context of national health institutes Legitimising arguments: moral values, health, and economy Chapter 5: Research for the nation: National hygiene institutes Bacteriology, a cornerstone for colonial medicine Origins and impact of the Pasteur Institute Robert Koch-Institut in Berlin London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and nationalresearch institutes in Britain Social medicine and sanitary policies in Hungary National Institute of Hygiene and Public Health in Poland Central Institute of Hygiene in Belgrade Prague as a social hygiene laboratory Alfonso XIII National Institute of Hygiene in Madrid Public health institutes in Scandinavia Chapter 6: Instructing the experts: national schools of public health Teaching the experts: more than a national issue National schools and public health experts The international model: Johns Hopkins School of PublicHealth in Baltimore Teaching hygiene in European nations: France, GreatBritain, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Rumania,Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Spain International initiatives: courses in London and Paris The great failure: École Internationale d’Hautes Étudesd’Hygiène [International School of Advanced Studiesin Hygiene] Chapter 7: Final comments and conclusions Sources and bibliography Sources Bibliography Index "Research into public health policies and expert instruction has been oriented traditionally in the national context. There is a rich historiography that analyses the development of health policies and systems in various European and American countries during the first decades of the 20th century. What is often ignored, however is the study of the great many connections and circulations of knowledge, people, technologies, artefacts and practices during that period between countries. This book redresses that balance"--Provided by publisher