| Title | "Cholera forcing". The myth of the good epidemic and the coming of good water. | | Author(s) | Hamlin C | | Institution | Department of History, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA. chamlin@nd.edu | | Source | Am J Public Health 2009 Nov; 99(11):1946-54. | | MeSH | Cholera
Developed Countries
Developing Countries
Disease Outbreaks
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Sanitary Engineering
Water Supply
| | Abstract | It has been frequently claimed that cholera epidemics, both in the 19th century and today, were and can be the key stimulus for procurement of safe water and sanitation, an idea that I call "cholera forcing." "Technology forcing" refers to imposition of exogenous factors that suddenly make possible achievements that had not seemed so; cholera has been seen in this light. I argue that this view oversimplifies and underrepresents the importance of industrialization in securing water supplies. Careful study of the financial, political, and administrative foundations of such changes will be more fruitful. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Historical Article
Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19820212 |
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