Environment, Health and History

The environment is currently a matter of international public and academic concern, but is often considered separately from health issues. This book brings together work from environmental and health historians to conceptualise the connection between

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Environment, Health and History Edited by

Virginia Berridge and Martin Gorsky

Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to RMIT University Library - PalgraveConnect - 2015-07-15

Environment, Health and History

10.1057/9780230347557 - Environment, Health and History, Edited by Virginia Berridge and Martin Gorsky

10.1057/9780230347557 - Environment, Health and History, Edited by Virginia Berridge and Martin Gorsky

Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to RMIT University Library - PalgraveConnect - 2015-07-15

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Edited by

Virginia Berridge Professor of History, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK

Martin Gorsky Senior Lecturer in the History of Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK

10.1057/9780230347557 - Environment, Health and History, Edited by Virginia Berridge and Martin Gorsky

Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to RMIT University Library - PalgraveConnect - 2015-07-15

Environment, Health and History

Editorial matter, selection and introduction © Virginia Berridge and Martin Gorsky 2012 Foreword © Andy Haines 2012 All remaining chapters © their respective authors 2012

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