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Contagion and the State in Europe, 1830-1930
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This book explains the historical reasons for the divergence in public health policies adopted in Britain, France, Germany and Sweden, and the spectrum of responses to the threat of contagious diseases such as cholera, smallpox and syphilis. In particular the book examines the link between politics and prevention, and uses medical history to illuminate broader questions of
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Paperback, 596 pages
Published
May 1st 2005
by Cambridge University Press
(first published August 18th 1995)
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Easily a five-star book. Baldwin examines a paradigm that attributes the disease response of various European countries (Britain, France, Germany, and Sweden, mostly) to their existing political cultures: more liberal political cultures used less intrusive means in response to epidemiological challenges. He problematizes the notion a bit, noting that in all cases, inaction was frowned upon by basically everyone in power, and offers some useful complicating factors that correlate better with the
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Take home message: a variety of factors influence the diverse responses by states to contagion.
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