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Berlin electropolis [[electronic resource] ] : shock, nerves, and German modernity / / Andreas Killen
| Berlin electropolis [[electronic resource] ] : shock, nerves, and German modernity / / Andreas Killen |
| Autore | Killen Andreas |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (307 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.196/8528/00943155 |
| Collana | Weimar and now |
| Soggetto topico |
Neurasthenia - Social aspects - Germany - Berlin - History
Mental fatigue - Social aspects - Germany - Berlin - History Electrotherapeutics - Germany - Berlin - History Electrification - Germany - Berlin - History Industrialization - Germany - Berlin - Psychological aspects Social change - Germany - Berlin - Psychological aspects Railroads - Employees - Mental health - Germany - Berlin Telephone operators - Mental health - Germany - Berlin Soldiers - Mental health - Germany - Berlin Psychiatry - Germany - Berlin - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
berlin
brain electricity europe factory workers german history german germany great war history of medicine history industrial revolution insanity labor lunacy madness manichean teleology medical community metropolis modernity nervous disorders nervous illness nervousness nonfiction psyche psychiatry psychology ptsd railways science shell shock social change technology telephone operators trauma veterans weimar republic welfare state women workers world war one ww1 |
| ISBN |
1-282-75932-9
9786612759321 0-520-93163-7 1-59875-781-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Berlin Electropolis -- 2. Electrotherapy and the Nervous Self in Nineteenth-Century Germany -- 3. Railway Accidents, Social Insurance, and the Pathogenesis of Mass Nervousness, 1889-1914 -- 4. Electrotherapy and the Nervous Self during Wartime -- 5. Psychiatrists, Telephone Operators, and Traumatic Neurosis, 1900-1926 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783312003321 |
Killen Andreas
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006 | ||
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Stories in the time of cholera [[electronic resource] ] : racial profiling during a medical nightmare / / Charles L. Briggs with Clara Mantini-Briggs
| Stories in the time of cholera [[electronic resource] ] : racial profiling during a medical nightmare / / Charles L. Briggs with Clara Mantini-Briggs |
| Autore | Briggs Charles L. <1953-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (457 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.5/14/0987 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Mantini-BriggsClara <1956-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Cholera - Venezuela - Epidemiology
Cholera - Social aspects - Venezuela |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1990s
20th century aids anthropologists bacterial infection cholera cultural anthropology cultural perspective diseases epidemics ethnographers ethnography health threats infectious diseases malaria medical community medical services orinoco delta physicians public health officials racial prejudices racial profiling retrospective social impact social inequality social stigma thought provoking tuberculosis venezuela victim blame |
| ISBN |
1-59734-921-6
9786612358043 1-282-35804-9 1-4175-0814-0 0-520-93852-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Death in the delta -- 1. preparing for a bacterial invasion: Cholera and Inequality in Venezuela -- 2. Epidemic at the Door: Cholera Prevention in the Bureaucratic Imaginary of Delta Amacuro -- 3. Stories of an Epidemic Foretold: Cholera Reaches Mariusa -- 4. Fighting Death in a Regional Clinic: Cholera Arrives in Pedernales -- 5. Turning Chaos into Control: Initial Responses by Regional Institutions -- 6. Containing an Indigenous Invasion: Quarantine in Barrancas -- 7. Exile and Internment: -- 8. Medicine, Magic, and Military Might: Cholera Control on La Tortuga -- 9. Culture Equals Cholera: Official Explanations for the Epidemic -- 10. Challenging the Logic of Culture: Resisting Official Explanations for the Epidemic -- 11. Local Numbers and Global Power: The Role of Statistics -- 12. Sanitation and Global Citizenship: International Institutions and the Latin American Epidemic -- 13. Virulent Aftermath: The Consequences of the Epidemic -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782918503321 |
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Briggs Charles L. <1953->
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Stories in the time of cholera : racial profiling during a medical nightmare / / Charles L. Briggs with Clara Mantini-Briggs
| Stories in the time of cholera : racial profiling during a medical nightmare / / Charles L. Briggs with Clara Mantini-Briggs |
| Autore | Briggs Charles L. <1953-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (457 p.) |
| Disciplina | 614.5/14/0987 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Mantini-BriggsClara <1956-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Cholera - Venezuela - Epidemiology
Cholera - Social aspects - Venezuela |
| Soggetto non controllato |
1990s
20th century aids anthropologists bacterial infection cholera cultural anthropology cultural perspective diseases epidemics ethnographers ethnography health threats infectious diseases malaria medical community medical services orinoco delta physicians public health officials racial prejudices racial profiling retrospective social impact social inequality social stigma thought provoking tuberculosis venezuela victim blame |
| ISBN |
1-59734-921-6
9786612358043 1-282-35804-9 1-4175-0814-0 0-520-93852-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Death in the delta -- 1. preparing for a bacterial invasion: Cholera and Inequality in Venezuela -- 2. Epidemic at the Door: Cholera Prevention in the Bureaucratic Imaginary of Delta Amacuro -- 3. Stories of an Epidemic Foretold: Cholera Reaches Mariusa -- 4. Fighting Death in a Regional Clinic: Cholera Arrives in Pedernales -- 5. Turning Chaos into Control: Initial Responses by Regional Institutions -- 6. Containing an Indigenous Invasion: Quarantine in Barrancas -- 7. Exile and Internment: -- 8. Medicine, Magic, and Military Might: Cholera Control on La Tortuga -- 9. Culture Equals Cholera: Official Explanations for the Epidemic -- 10. Challenging the Logic of Culture: Resisting Official Explanations for the Epidemic -- 11. Local Numbers and Global Power: The Role of Statistics -- 12. Sanitation and Global Citizenship: International Institutions and the Latin American Epidemic -- 13. Virulent Aftermath: The Consequences of the Epidemic -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996247981703316 |
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Briggs Charles L. <1953->
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| Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2003 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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