{"product_id":"uncertainty-and-emotion-in-the-1900-sydney-plague-hardback-9781009462105","title":"Uncertainty and Emotion in the 1900 Sydney Plague (Hardback) 9781009462105","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUncertainty and Emotion in the 1900 Sydney Plague\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Element analyses how emotion was provoked by uncertainty in medical knowledge during the third plague pandemic in Sydney.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilippa Nicole Barr (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009462105, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 April 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e80 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm, 0.281 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'… contributes to our understanding of the role of emotion and the senses in infectious disease history, and Barr's arguments and points about the use of emotion in public health responses are intensely relevant today. This Element piece will appeal, therefore, not only to scholars interested in health history but also to those seeking to draw lessons from a broader range of disciplines to inform current approaches to public health.' Heather T. Battles, Medical History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhen the third global plague pandemic reached Sydney in 1900, theories regarding the ecology and biology of disease transmission were transforming. Changing understandings led to conflicts over the appropriate response. Medical and government authorities employed symbols like dirt to address gaps in knowledge. They used these symbols strategically to compel emotional responses and to advocate for specific political and social interventions, authorising institutional actions to shape social identity and the city in preparation for Australia's 1901 Federation. Through theoretical and historical analysis, this Element argues that disgust and aversion were effectively mobilised to legitimise these actions. As an intervention in contemporary debates about the impact of knowledge on emotion and affect, it presents a case for the plasticity of emotions like disgust, and for how both emotion and affect can change with new medical information.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Outbreak of plague at Sydney, 1900\u003cbr\u003e 3. The symbolism of dirt in discursive responses to plague\u003cbr\u003e 4. Development of a city\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'A maze of contradictory observations': medical eclecticism and changing understandings of disease causation\u003cbr\u003e 6. Transforming the atmosphere\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mediating affect\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52511410454808,"sku":"9781009462105","price":50.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/uncertainty-and-emotion-in-the-1900-sydney-plague-hardback-9781009462105","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}