{"product_id":"bodily-matters-the-anti-vaccination-movement-in-england-1853-1907-hardback-9780822334125","title":"Bodily Matters; The Anti-Vaccination Movement in England, 1853–1907 (Hardback) 9780822334125","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBodily Matters\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Anti-Vaccination Movement in England, 1853–1907\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNadja Durbach (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780822334125\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 December 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e277 pages, 12 illus.\u003cbr\u003e25 x 15 x 1.5 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“All too often the large-scale resistance to compulsory vaccination in England has been treated as a quaint case study in ‘anti-modern’ or ‘irrational’ opposition to scientific progress. Nadja Durbach has made a key contribution to modern British history in particular and to the analysis of class culture more generally by rescuing this resistance to state medicine from what E. P. Thompson memorably termed ‘the enormous condescension of posterity.’”-George Behlmer, author of \u003ci\u003eFriends of the Family: The English Home and Its Guardians, 1850–1940\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“This fascinating book uses the anti-vaccination movement to illuminate our understanding of the major themes in nineteenth-century British history: the nature of liberalism, class tensions, and resistance to state intervention. Beautifully written, it brings the movement to life.”-Anna Clark, author of \u003ci\u003eScandal: The Sexual Politics of the British Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eBodily Matters\u003c\/i\u003e is a sophisticated and persuasive project; it evokes timely questions on the body and the state and suggests some thought-provoking answers. The book will certainly be of value to any of us interested in the sociology of medicine, the sociology of the body, social movements, and British history.”\u003c\/div\u003e - Sigal Gooldin (American Journal of Sociology) \u003cdiv\u003e“Durbach's account of the anti-vaccination movement is clearly and forcefully written and provides an authoritative survey of Victorian debates about the role of the state in disease prevention. \u003ci\u003eBodily Matters \u003c\/i\u003ewill engage anyone interested in public health and the history of epidemiology, and post–9\/11 fears about bioterrorism and the looming threat of a bird flu pandemic may broaden the audience for this text.”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e - Solveig C. Robinson (Perspectives in Biology and Medicine) \u003cdiv\u003e“Nadja Durbach’s \u003ci\u003eBodily Matters\u003c\/i\u003e is a rigorously researched and sensitive account of antivaccinationism in Victorian and Edwardian England that combines the insights of the history of medicine, political history, and the social and cultural histories of class and gender.”\u003c\/div\u003e - Ian Burney (Journal of Modern History)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eBodily Matters\u003c\/i\u003e explores the anti-vaccination movement that emerged in England in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth in response to government-mandated smallpox vaccination. By requiring a painful and sometimes dangerous medical procedure for all infants, the Compulsory Vaccination Act set an important precedent for state regulation of bodies. From its inception in 1853 until its demise in 1907, the compulsory smallpox vaccine was fiercely resisted, largely by members of the working class who interpreted it as an infringement of their rights as citizens and a violation of their children’s bodies. Nadja Durbach contends that the anti-vaccination movement is historically significant not only because it was arguably the largest medical resistance campaign ever mounted in Europe but also because it clearly articulated pervasive anxieties regarding the integrity of the body and the role of the modern state.\u003cp\u003eAnalyzing historical documents on both sides of the vaccination debate, Durbach focuses on the key events and rhetorical strategies of the resistance campaign. She shows that those for and against the vaccine had very different ideas about how human bodies worked and how best to safeguard them from disease. Individuals opposed to mandatory vaccination saw their own and their children’s bodies not as potentially contagious and thus dangerous to society but rather as highly vulnerable to contamination and violation. \u003ci\u003eBodily Matters\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the notion that resistance to vaccination can best be understood, and thus easily dismissed, as the ravings of an unscientific “lunatic fringe.” It locates the anti-vaccination movement at the very center of broad public debates in Victorian England over medical developments, the politics of class, the extent of government intervention into the private lives of its citizens, and the values of a liberal society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Parliamentary Lancet 13\u003cbr\u003e 2. Fighting the “\u003cbr\u003eBabies’\u003cbr\u003e Battle”\u003cbr\u003e 37\u003cbr\u003e 3. Populism, Citizenship, and the Politics of Victorian Liberalism 69\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Body Politics of Class Formation 91\u003cbr\u003e 5. Vampires, Vivisectors, and the Victorian Body 113\u003cbr\u003e 6. Germs, Dirt, and the Constitution 150\u003cbr\u003e 7. Class, Gender, and the Conscientious Objector 171\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion 199\u003cbr\u003e Notes 209\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 243\u003cbr\u003e Index 269\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52574569464088,"sku":"9780822334125","price":83.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/bodily-matters-the-anti-vaccination-movement-in-england-1853-1907-hardback-9780822334125","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}