FRANK SNOWDEN
Biographic Data
| ID | 6692698 |
|---|---|
| NAME | FRANK SNOWDEN |
| GIVEN NAMES | FRANK |
| FAMILY NAME | SNOWDEN |
| SIGNATURE | SNOWDEN F |
| AFFILIATIONS | History and History of Medicine, Yale |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Conquest of Malaria
At the outset of the twentieth century, malaria was Italy's major public health problem. It was the cause of low productivity, poverty, and economic backwardness, while it also stunted literacy, limited political participation, and undermined the army. In this book Frank Snowden recounts how Italy became the world center for the development of malariology as a medical discipline and launched the first national campaign to eradicate the disease. S…
Latina Province, 1944—1950
The province of Latina in Italy provides an exceptional case in the history of postwar problems involving refugees, evacuees, and displaced persons. Famous until the 1930s as a largely uninhabited malarial swamp, the province was drained, reclaimed, and settled by Mussolini's regime. This was a massive and complex intervention that had propaganda, public health, and eugenic purposes as the swamps of the Pontine Marshes were transformed into a sho…
The Fascist Revolution in Tuscany 1919–1922
This 1989 book is a detailed study of the social origins of the fascist reaction in Tuscany, which played a key role in the rise of Italian fascism to power. Tuscan fascism was second to none in its violence, organisational strength, intransigence and missionary zeal. The central question is who supported fascism, and why. To what extent did Tuscany, a major agricultural region, conform to national patterns? What are the implications of the patte…
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access FRANK SNOWDEN FRANK SNOWDEN Royal Holloway CollegeUniversity of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCIX, Issue CCCXCII, July 1984, Pages 641–642, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCIX.CCCXCII.641 Published: 01 July 1984
Latina Province, 1944—1950
The province of Latina in Italy provides an exceptional case in the history of postwar problems involving refugees, evacuees, and displaced persons. Famous until the 1930s as a largely uninhabited malarial swamp, the province was drained, reclaimed, and settled by Mussolini's regime. This was a massive and complex intervention that had propaganda, public health, and eugenic purposes as the swamps of the Pontine Marshes were transformed into a sho…
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access FRANK SNOWDEN FRANK SNOWDEN Royal Holloway CollegeUniversity of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCIX, Issue CCCXCII, July 1984, Pages 641–642, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCIX.CCCXCII.641 Published: 01 July 1984
The Fascist Revolution in Tuscany 1919–1922
This 1989 book is a detailed study of the social origins of the fascist reaction in Tuscany, which played a key role in the rise of Italian fascism to power. Tuscan fascism was second to none in its violence, organisational strength, intransigence and missionary zeal. The central question is who supported fascism, and why. To what extent did Tuscany, a major agricultural region, conform to national patterns? What are the implications of the patte…
Latina Province, 1944—1950
The province of Latina in Italy provides an exceptional case in the history of postwar problems involving refugees, evacuees, and displaced persons. Famous until the 1930s as a largely uninhabited malarial swamp, the province was drained, reclaimed, and settled by Mussolini's regime. This was a massive and complex intervention that had propaganda, public health, and eugenic purposes as the swamps of the Pontine Marshes were transformed into a sho…
The Conquest of Malaria
At the outset of the twentieth century, malaria was Italy's major public health problem. It was the cause of low productivity, poverty, and economic backwardness, while it also stunted literacy, limited political participation, and undermined the army. In this book Frank Snowden recounts how Italy became the world center for the development of malariology as a medical discipline and launched the first national campaign to eradicate the disease. S…
History (3 works) · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economic history (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · African cultural and philosophical studies (1 work)