Strengthening young bodies, building the nation : a social history of child health and welfare in Greece (1890-1940) / Vassiliki Theodorou and Despina Karakatsani
Published
Budapest : Central European University Press, 2019
The emergence of interest in child health -- Concerns about student health and the first steps in the early twentieth century -- The school medical service and the spread of hygiene -- Modernity and welfare institutions for child health -- Health as public good during the interwar period -- The arrival of refugees : new priorities and readjustment of targets -- The liberal government and the protection of childhood and motherhood : landmarks and continuities (1928-1932) -- Social policy and the ideology of the regime -- The political use of motherhood and childhood welfare
Summary
Stimulated by the development of both childhood studies and the social history of medicine, this book contextualizes the historical circumstances that led to the medicalization of childhood in Greece from the end of the nineteenth century until World War II. By examining this issue in the span of fifty years, the authors explore how the national question was entwined with concerns raised about the health of children. They also investigate the various connotations that child health and maternity care carried in the context of liberal and authoritarian governments as well as the wider social and
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource, title from digital title page (viewed on August 5, 2020)
