A revisionist account of the story of the foundations of public health in industrial revolution Britain.
First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
This book assesses Britain's handling of city growth during the First Industrial Revolution.
" Delving into the world of the London "street-folk"-the buyers and sellers of goods, performers, artisans, laborers and others-this extraordinary work inspired the socially conscious fiction of Charles Dickens in the 19th century as well ...
Most of the 40 specific diseases covered in this book show a fascinating pattern of ‘rise-and-fall’, with large differences in timing between countries.
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A comprehensive study of the occupational health of employed children within the broader context of social, industrial and environmental change between 1780 and 1850.