The Great Nation in Decline: Sex, Modernity and Health Crises in Revolutionary France c.1750-1850

by Sean M. Quinlan

Book Overview

This book studies how doctors responded to - and helped shape - deep-seated fears about nervous degeneracy and population decline in France between 1750 and 1850. It uncovers a rich and far-ranging medical debate in which four generations of hygiene activists used biomedical science to transform the self, sexuality and community in order to regenerate a sick and decaying nation; a programme doctors labelled 'physical and moral hygiene'. Moreover,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138265489
• ISBN13: 9781138265486
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"