Health and Welfare in St. Petersburg, 1900-1941: Protecting the Collective

ISBN-13: 9780754655343 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 310 str.

Christopher Williams

Opis

Using declassified archival material and health propaganda, Williams argues that the Bolsheviks, tsarist and Soviet physicians were determined to prioritize the health of the proletariat and peasantry. They sought to create a collectivist attitude towards health, to eradicate key diseases and in the process build a socialist welfare state. This book analyzes why this transformation failed.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The "Body Russian" in Tsarist St. Petersburg  2. The Health of the Petrograd Collective Under War Communism, 1918-20  3. Health, Class and the Market Under N.E.P., 1921-27  4. Health Plans, Medical Disorder and Repression: The Health of the Collective in Crisis, 1928-41.  Conclusion

O autorze

Christopher Williams is former head of the Department of History and Politics and former Professor of Modern History at Liverpool Hope University, UK.