Naples in the Time of Cholera 1884-1911

By Frank M. Snowden III

Book Overview

This is a medical and social history of Italy's largest city during the cholera epidemics of 1884 and 1910-11. It explores the factors that exposed Naples to risk; it examines such popular responses as social hysteria, riots, and religiosity; and it traces therapeutic strategies. This book is the first extended study of cholera in modern Italy; it sets Naples in a comparative international framework and relates the disease to larger historical issues, such as the nature of liberal statecraft, the southern question, mass emigration, organized crime, and the medical profession.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521893860
• ISBN13: 9780521893862
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"