Books by Charles Rosenberg
“The Cholera Years, which was published more than 50 years ago, is one of those rare classics that remains an important reference point in the field, still relevant to the politics of public health today. The story is centered in New York, which was a locus of commerce in 1832, in 1849, and in 1866 at the time when three waves of cholera came sweeping across the Atlantic. Then as now, theories of contagion became widely debated. Suddenly, whether you believed in contagion carried enormous economic significance. If you thought that cholera is contagious, you pressed to stop commerce and close ports. For Rosenberg, each cholera outbreak told the story of a changing society—moving from decrying the epidemic as God’s punishment or calling for a day of prayer, to developing new practices associated with the creation of public health. His book examines the moral, religious, and economic aspects of dealing with epidemic disease.” Read more...
Best History of Medicine Books
Keith Wailoo, Historian
Interviews where books by Charles Rosenberg were recommended
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The Expressiveness of the Body and the Divergence of Greek and Chinese Medicine
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The Gospel of Germs
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The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866
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Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology
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The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product That Defined America
by Allan Brandt
Best History of Medicine Books, recommended by Keith Wailoo
Best History of Medicine Books, recommended by Keith Wailoo
The history of medicine is not just the story of life-saving discoveries, it’s also about how medical advances interact with the society from which they emerge. Here Professor Keith Wailoo, a historian of medicine and public health at Princeton University, recommends books that shed light on the social history of medicine, especially in the United States.
