Storia dell’arrivo del colera negli anni Trenta dell’Ottocento. Lo shock e la cesura tra il “prima” e il “dopo”

Cholera was the first truly global disease, appearing from obscurity to ravage Europe in successive waves. Arriving in the old continent in 1830, it affected entire continents. A traumatic global event, not comparable - in terms of morbidity and mortality - with wars, famines, natural disasters and...

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Main Author: Eugenia Tognotti
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Published: Viella Editrice 2021-12-01
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description Cholera was the first truly global disease, appearing from obscurity to ravage Europe in successive waves. Arriving in the old continent in 1830, it affected entire continents. A traumatic global event, not comparable - in terms of morbidity and mortality - with wars, famines, natural disasters and earthquakes, which also engage a dialectic challenge-response, institutional and political resilience. But in the post-pandemic period, in cities devastated and impoverished by cholera, a typically urban disease, social resilience, rebirth projects and the rationalization of cities, where living conditions had not followed the pace of urban growth driven by industrialization, which had multiplied the possibilities of infection through contaminated water and food, came into play.
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spelling doaj-art-e46c548af89f4a1e901ec1d4490289672025-08-20T03:01:14ZengViella EditriceStoricamente2282-60332021-12-0117110.52056/9788833138732/15Storia dell’arrivo del colera negli anni Trenta dell’Ottocento. Lo shock e la cesura tra il “prima” e il “dopo”Eugenia Tognotti0Università di Sassari, Dipartimento di Scienze biomediche, Centro per gli Studi antropologici, paleopatologici, storici dei popoli del Mediterraneo, viale San Pietro 43/B , 07100, Sassari, ItalyCholera was the first truly global disease, appearing from obscurity to ravage Europe in successive waves. Arriving in the old continent in 1830, it affected entire continents. A traumatic global event, not comparable - in terms of morbidity and mortality - with wars, famines, natural disasters and earthquakes, which also engage a dialectic challenge-response, institutional and political resilience. But in the post-pandemic period, in cities devastated and impoverished by cholera, a typically urban disease, social resilience, rebirth projects and the rationalization of cities, where living conditions had not followed the pace of urban growth driven by industrialization, which had multiplied the possibilities of infection through contaminated water and food, came into play.https://storicamente.org/storia_colera_italia_ottocento_ricostruzionehistory of epidemicscholera19th centuryurban historyhistory of medicinepublic health
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Storia dell’arrivo del colera negli anni Trenta dell’Ottocento. Lo shock e la cesura tra il “prima” e il “dopo”
Storicamente
history of epidemics
cholera
19th century
urban history
history of medicine
public health
title Storia dell’arrivo del colera negli anni Trenta dell’Ottocento. Lo shock e la cesura tra il “prima” e il “dopo”
title_full Storia dell’arrivo del colera negli anni Trenta dell’Ottocento. Lo shock e la cesura tra il “prima” e il “dopo”
title_fullStr Storia dell’arrivo del colera negli anni Trenta dell’Ottocento. Lo shock e la cesura tra il “prima” e il “dopo”
title_full_unstemmed Storia dell’arrivo del colera negli anni Trenta dell’Ottocento. Lo shock e la cesura tra il “prima” e il “dopo”
title_short Storia dell’arrivo del colera negli anni Trenta dell’Ottocento. Lo shock e la cesura tra il “prima” e il “dopo”
title_sort storia dell arrivo del colera negli anni trenta dell ottocento lo shock e la cesura tra il prima e il dopo
topic history of epidemics
cholera
19th century
urban history
history of medicine
public health
url https://storicamente.org/storia_colera_italia_ottocento_ricostruzione
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