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"A spirit of benevolence": Manchester and the origins of modern public health, 1790-1834.
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Creator
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Boxen, Jennifer L., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of History
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Abstract/Description
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This thesis argues that the British Public Health movement did not begin in 1842 with Edwin Chadwick's publication, Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population of Great Britain (1842), or in 1848, with the subsequent passage of the Public Health Act. The beginning of the public health movement was instead the product of local initiatives such as the Manchester Board of Health, administered not by central government, but by members of the local community supported by...
Show moreThis thesis argues that the British Public Health movement did not begin in 1842 with Edwin Chadwick's publication, Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population of Great Britain (1842), or in 1848, with the subsequent passage of the Public Health Act. The beginning of the public health movement was instead the product of local initiatives such as the Manchester Board of Health, administered not by central government, but by members of the local community supported by predominantly philanthropic funding. The Manchester movement predated Chadwick's efforts by at least half a century and bore a greater resemblance to the modern idea of an organized public health system than that advanced by Chadwick and his contemporaries. This is because the Manchester movement emphasized not only those sanitary ideas ascribed to Chadwick but also included a broader spectrum of public health measures, including but not limited to ; preventative medicine, occupational health, and the reduction of contagious diseases.
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Date Issued
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2013
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3360766
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Subject Headings
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Public health, History, History, Social conditions
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Document (PDF)
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Across the Empire: British women's travel writings and women's place in the British imperial project during the second half of the nineteenth century.
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Creator
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Wernecke, Katie., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of History
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Abstract/Description
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Women in Britain in the nineteenth century were expected to fulfill the traditional roles of wife and mother as determined by British society. Over the course of the nineteenth century, these ideals evolved, but the core functions of wife and mother remained at the center. Woman's participation outside the household was limited. British women travelers during the nineteenth century found themselves in many different environments. By examining samples of women's travel narratives from various...
Show moreWomen in Britain in the nineteenth century were expected to fulfill the traditional roles of wife and mother as determined by British society. Over the course of the nineteenth century, these ideals evolved, but the core functions of wife and mother remained at the center. Woman's participation outside the household was limited. British women travelers during the nineteenth century found themselves in many different environments. By examining samples of women's travel narratives from various locations in the Empire, this study analyzes the daily lives of British women in the Empire and determines that, while maintaining their roles within the private sphere as wives and mothers, women's activities in the colonies were less restricted than they would have been in Britain.
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Date Issued
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2013
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361255
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Subject Headings
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Women authors, Feminism, History, Imperialism, History, Man-woman relationships, Colonies, History, Colonies, Administration, Colonies, Social conditions
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Document (PDF)