The Mask: A History of Breathing Bad Air - Hardcover

Strasser, Bruno J; Schlich, Thomas

 
9780300276039: The Mask: A History of Breathing Bad Air
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0300276036 ISBN 13: 9780300276039
Verlag: Yale University Press, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

A history of masks protecting against bad air-in cities, factories, hospitals, and war trenches-exploring how our identities and beliefs shape the decision to wear a mask

"[An] engrossing, finely illustrated account of a subject hitherto surprisingly under-researched."-Nature, Best Books of 2025
 
For centuries, humans have sought to protect themselves from harmful air, whether from smoke, dust, vapors, or germs. This book offers the first history of respiratory masks-ranging from simple pieces of cloth to elaborate gas masks-and explores why they have sparked both hope and fear.
 
Bruno J. Strasser and Thomas Schlich captivate readers with stories of individuals-from renowned doctors and political leaders to forgotten inventors and anonymous factory workers-who passionately debated the value of masks. In Renaissance Italy and Meiji Japan, in Victorian Britain and Cold War America, the way societies have engaged with face coverings reveals their deepest cultural and political fractures. The Mask challenges us to reconsider how we care for one another and the kind of environment we aspire to inhabit.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Bruno J. Strasser is a historian, a full professor at the University of Geneva, and an affiliate of History of Medicine at Yale University. Thomas Schlich is the James McGill Professor in the History of Medicine at McGill University, and a former practicing physician.

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Verlag
Yale University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0300276036
ISBN 13 
9780300276039
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
288
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