Health and Medicine at Sea, 1700-1900 [Hardcover]

David Boyd Haycock (Editor), Sally Archer (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 19, 2009 | ISBN-10: 1843835223 | ISBN-13: 978-1843835226

Maritime medicine, together with its links to the development of empire, is a burgeoning area of historical interest and enquiry.This book, based on extensive original research, explores the history of health and medicine in maritime and imperial contexts in a key period, reflecting the growing professionalization of medicine at sea from the establishment of the Sick and Hurt Board to the end of the Victorian era.The chapters, written by leading experts in the field, are grouped around two central themes: Royal Naval medical policy, administration and practice; and health and mortality relating to the migration of peoples across the globe, including slavery, emigration and indentured migration.The book will be of interest to a wide range of historians, particularly those working in the fields of maritime history, the history of medicine, and the history of colonialism and imperialism. CONTRIBUTORS: Erica M. Charters, John Cardwell, Mick Crumplin, Pat Crimmin, Mark Harrison, Hamish Maxwell-Stewart, Ralph Shlomowitz, Simon J. Hogerzeil, David Richardson, Robin Haines, Laurence Brown, Radica Mahase.

Editorial Reviews

Review

An important volume. (...) This fascinating book is suitable for its suggested readership of a wide range of historians. --Nautical Research Volume

A page-turner (...) you won't find anything like it elsewhere. (...) A refreshing read. --Northern Mariner

The editors are to be commended for having provided readers with a collection of nine excellent essays on a range of issues associated with nautical health and medicine. (The essays) mark an important advance in a complex and fascinating area of inquiry that with time will continue to gain in breadth and depth. SOCIAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE The level of research for the contributions to this volume is good. The topics covered are interesting and, while enjoyable to read, the book is also ideal for updating the current historiography for each specific field. By discussing the health of migrants as well as sailors, the work adds to our understanding of sanitary advances in 18th and 19th-century British society. REVIEWS IN HISTORY --Various

About the Author

David Boyd Haycock was Curator of Seventeenth-Century Imperial and Maritime History at the National Maritime Museum, 2007-09, and has held research fellowships at the University of Oxford, the University of California, Los Angeles and the London School of Economcs. He is author of William Stukeley: Science, Religion and Archaeology in Eighteenth Century England, which is published by Boydell and Brewer. Sally Archer is at the National Maritime Museum.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 248 pages
• Publisher: Boydell Press (November 19, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843835223
• ISBN-13: 978-1843835226
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,910,899 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)