Strengthening Young Bodies, Building the Nation : ASocial History of the Child Health and Welfare in Greece (1890-1940) /

Stimulated by the development of both childhood studies and the social history of medicine, this book contextualizes the historical circumstances that led to the medicalization of childhood in Greece from the end of the nineteenth century until World War II. By examining this issue in the span of fi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Theodōrou, Vasilikē (Author), Karakatsani, Despina, 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York [New York] : Central European University Press, [2019]
Series:CEU Press studies in the history of medicine ; v. 12.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social medicine > Greece > History.
Maternal health services > Greece > History.
Child health services > Greece > History.
Children > Health and hygiene > Greece > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The emergence of interest in child health
  • Concerns about student health and the first steps in the early twentieth century
  • The school medical service and the spread of hygiene
  • Modernity and welfare institutions for child health
  • Health as public good during the interwar period
  • The arrival of refugees : new priorities and readjustment of targets
  • The liberal government and the protection of childhood and motherhood : landmarks and continuities (1928-1932)
  • Social policy and the ideology of the regime
  • The political use of motherhood and childhood welfare.

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