Medical Histories of Belgium: New Narratives on Health, Care and Citizenship in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Medical Histories of Belgium: New Narratives on Health, Care and Citizenship in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
By (Author) Joris Vandendriessche
Edited by Benot Majerus
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
1st October 2021
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Social and cultural history
610.9493
Physical Properties
Hardback
400
Width 138mm, Height 216mm, Spine 22mm
608g
Description
Medical histories of Belgium reshapes Belgian history of medicine by bringing together a new generation of scholars.
Going beyond a chronological narrative, the book offers new insights by questioning classic themes of the history of medicine: physicians, institutions and the nation state. While retracing specific Belgian characteristics, it also engages with broader European developments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Medical histories of Belgium will appeal to Historians of Belgium in various subfields, especially cultural history and political history and medical historians and medical practitioners seeking the historical context of their activities.
Author Bio
Joris Vandendriessche is Research Professor in the Cultural History since 1750 Research Group at the University of Leuven
Benot Majerus is Professor of European History at the University of Luxembourg
