{"product_id":"europes-laboratory-climate-and-health-in-eighteenth-century-russia-hardback-9781501783920","title":"Europe's Laboratory; Climate and Health in Eighteenth-Century Russia (Hardback) 9781501783920","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEurope's Laboratory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eClimate and Health in Eighteenth-Century Russia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMatthew P. Romaniello (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501783920\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 November 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages, 14 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 14 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEurope's Laboratory \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis a history of eighteenth-century naturalists and physicians who were involved in the creation of a classification system for the people of the Russian Empire.\u003c\/b\u003e These Enlightened scholars traveled through Russia describing its people, landscape, and customs. In an era when climate was seen as a significant factor affecting health and bodies, these men wondered: How did the Russians, a \"cold\" people – phlegmatic or melancholic, according to humoral theory – manage an empire? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRussia's empire, as Matthew P. Romaniello shows, contradicted the medical knowledge reflecting centuries of experimentation and practice. In solving this riddle, naturalists and physicians would unlock the secret of Russia's success and create a typology of imperial bodies, a guide toward managing the empire's diversity, to prepare Russia for greater successes in the nineteenth century. Rather than an underpopulated region of unambitious people, eighteenth-century Russia was a dynamic empire that mastered skills to support settler colonialism in climates unfamiliar to other Europeans.\u003ci\u003e Europe's Laboratory\u003c\/i\u003e makes a significant contribution to the most understudied era of Russian history while engaging the broader, global debates on the formation of race theory in colonial contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Experiencing Climate, Observing People\u003cbr\u003e2. Training Physicians, Exchanging Information\u003cbr\u003e3. Describing Kamchatka, Documenting Scurvy\u003cbr\u003e4. Improving Health, Inoculating Smallpox\u003cbr\u003e5. Surviving Plague, Mixing Races\u003cbr\u003e6. Analyzing Catarrh, Overcoming Climate\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52610560819480,"sku":"9781501783920","price":37.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/europes-laboratory-climate-and-health-in-eighteenth-century-russia-hardback-9781501783920","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}