Disease, Health Care and Government in Late Imperial Russia

Addresses fundamental issues about the last decades of Tsarist Russia. This book focuses on successive outbreaks of cholera in the city of Saratov on the Volga. It explains why a medical and social disaster that had long since been overcome in other parts of Europe continued much later in Russia.

"[A] very important and thoroughly researched book with well-contextualised arguments on cholera and medical professionals in Russia." - Tricia Starks, University of Arkansas; Revolutionary Russia, Vol. 24, No. 2, December 2011

Autorentext
Charlotte E. Henze completed her doctorate at the University of Cambridge, UK, and is currently teaching History and Russian in Zurich, Switzerland.

Zusammenfassung
This book addresses fundamental issues about the last decades of Tsarist Russia, exploring the social, economic and political impact of successive outbreaks of cholera and the politics of public health policy. It makes a significant contribution to current debates about how far and how successfully modernisation was being implemented by the Tsarist regime.

Inhalt
1. Cholera in Russia 2. Saratov on the Eve of the Epidemic 3. Cholera in Saratov, 1892 4. Sanitised Politics and the Politics of Medicine 5. The Revival of Cholera: 1904-1914 Conclusion: Saratov, Cholera, and the Empire

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