Death in Hamburg

Society and Politics in the Cholera Years

Richard J. Evans

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English

Penguin USA
25 October 2005

History; European history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history

"""A tremendous book, the biography of a city which charts the multifarious pathways from bacilli to burgomaster."" -Roy Porter, London Review of Books

Why were nearly 10,000 people killed in six weeks in Hamburg, while most of Europe was left almost unscathed? As Richard J. Evans explains, it was largely because the town was a ""free city"" within Germany that was governed by the ""English"" ideals of laissez-faire. The absence of an effective public-health policy combined with ill-founded medical theories and the miserable living conditions of the poor to create a scene ripe for tragedy. The story of the ""cholera years"" is, in Richard Evans's hands, tragically revealing of the age's social inequalities and governmental pitilessness and incompetence; it also offers disquieting parallels with the world's public-health landscape today, including the current coronavirus crisis."

By: Richard J. Evans
Imprint: Penguin USA
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 213mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 41mm
Weight: 641g
ISBN: 9780143036364
ISBN 10: 014303636X
Pages: 752
Publication Date: 25 October 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard J Evans is Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University. His previous books include In Defence of History, Telling Lies about Hitler, The Coming of the Third Reich and The Third Reich in Power. He lives outside Cambridge.

Reviews for Death in Hamburg: Society and Politics in the Cholera Years

A tremendous book, the biography of a city which charts the multifarious pathways from bacilli to burgomaster. - Roy Porter, London Review of Books A brilliantly written work of great analytical penetration. --Gordon A. Craig, The New York Review of Books A marvelous book, splendidly written, full of wit and anecdote, exuding scholarship and wisdom. --New Scientist