Death and Survival in Urban Britain: Disease, Pollution and Environment, 1800-1950

by Bill Luckin

The narratives of disease, hygiene, developments in medicine and the growth of urban environments are fundamental to the discipline of modern history. Here, the eminent urban historian Bill Luckin re-introduces a body of work which, published together for the first time, along with new material and contextualizing notes, marks the beginning of this important strand of historiography. Luckin charts the spread of cholera, fever and the 'everyday' (but...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780768664
• ISBN13: 9781780768663
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.4" x 8.6"