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Death in Hamburg

Society and Politics in the Cholera Years

Society and Politics in the Cholera Years

By Richard J. Evans

By Richard J. Evans

By Richard J. Evans

By Richard J. Evans

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    About Death in Hamburg

    “A tremendous book, the biography of a city which charts the multifarious pathways from bacilli to burgomaster.” – Roy Porter, London Review of Books

    Why were nearly 10,000 people killed in six weeks in Hamburg, while most of Europe was left almost unscathed? As Richard J. Evans explains, it was largely because the town was a “free city” within Germany that was governed by the “English” ideals of laissez-faire. The absence of an effective public-health policy combined with ill-founded medical theories and the miserable living conditions of the poor to create a scene ripe for tragedy. The story of the “cholera years” is, in Richard Evans’s hands, tragically revealing of the age’s social inequalities and governmental pitilessness and incompetence; it also offers disquieting parallels with the world’s public-health landscape today, including the current coronavirus crisis.

    About Death in Hamburg

    “A tremendous book, the biography of a city which charts the multifarious pathways from bacilli to burgomaster.” – Roy Porter, London Review of Books

    Why were nearly 10,000 people killed in six weeks in Hamburg, while most of Europe was left almost unscathed? As Richard J. Evans explains, it was largely because the town was a “free city” within Germany that was governed by the “English” ideals of laissez-faire. The absence of an effective public-health policy combined with ill-founded medical theories and the miserable living conditions of the poor to create a scene ripe for tragedy. The story of the “cholera years” is, in Richard Evans’s hands, tragically revealing of the age’s social inequalities and governmental pitilessness and incompetence; it also offers disquieting parallels with the world’s public-health landscape today, including the current coronavirus crisis.

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    About Richard J. Evans

    Richard J. Evans was born in London and educated at Oxford University. He has taught at Columbia University and Birkbeck, University of London, and since 2014 has been the Regius Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Cambridge. His many… More about Richard J. Evans

    About Richard J. Evans

    Richard J. Evans was born in London and educated at Oxford University. He has taught at Columbia University and Birkbeck, University of London, and since 2014 has been the Regius Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Cambridge. His many… More about Richard J. Evans

    Product Details

    Category: European World History | Politics

    Paperback | $20.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Oct 25, 2005 | 752 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-7/16 | ISBN 9780143036364

    Category: European World History | Politics

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Penguin Press
    Oct 25, 2005 | 752 Pages | ISBN 9780593297957

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    “A tremendous book, the biography of a city which charts the multifarious pathways from bacilli to burgomaster.” – Roy Porter, London Review of Books

    “A brilliantly written work of great analytical penetration.” —Gordon A. Craig, The New York Review of Books

    “A marvelous book, splendidly written, full of wit and anecdote, exuding scholarship and wisdom.” —New Scientist

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