Science, Technology and Medicine in the Making of Lisbon (1840-1940)

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-51624-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 469 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 936 g

Reihe: Cultural Dynamics of Science

Why write a book about science, technology, and medicine in Lisbon? No one questions the value of similar studies of European capital cities such as Paris or London, but they are not reflective of the norm. Alongside its unique characteristics, Lisbon more closely represents the rule and deserves attention as such. This book offers the first urban history of science, technology and medicine in Lisbon, 1840–1940. It addresses the hybrid character of a European port city, scientific capital and imperial metropolis. It discusses the role of science, technology, and medicine in the making of Lisbon, framed by the analysis of invisibilities, urban connections, and techno-scientific imaginaries. The book is accompanied by a virtual interactive map.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Simões, Ana

Diogo, Maria Paula

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technikgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Ana Simões and Maria Paula Diogo

Part 1. The Fabric of the City

Introduction to Part 1

Maria Paula Diogo, Ana Simões

1. Paving the City and Urban Evolution: Science, Technology and Craftsmanship Under Our Feet

Lídia Fernandes


2. Trees, Nurseries, Tree-lined Streets and the Making of Modern Lisbon (1840-1886)

Ana Duarte Rodrigues

3. Working-class Neighborhoods in Lisbon: Republican Hygienist policies, and the Circulation of Workers and Capital

Maria Paula Diogo and Ana Simões

4. Crossing Urban and Transport Expertise to Pave Lisbon’s Future Urban Sprawl (1930s-1940s)

M. Luísa Sousa

Part 2. Port City and Imperial Metropolis

Introduction to Part 2

Maria Paula Diogo, Ana Simões

5. Hybrid Features at Lisbon’s New Lazaretto (1860-1908)

José Carlos Avelãs Nunes

6. The Customs Laboratory of Lisbon from the 1880s to the 1930s: Chemistry, Trade and Scientific Spaces

Ignacio Suay-Matallana

7. Lisbon After Quarantines: Urban Protection Against International Diseases

Celia Miralles-Buil

8. The Colonial Garden and the Colonial Agricultural Museum: Education, Research and “Tropical Illusion” in the Imperial Metropolis

Cláudia Castelo

9. Urbanising the History of “Discoveries:” The 1940 Portuguese World Exhibition and the Making of a New Imperial Capital

Antonio Sanchez and Carlos Godinho

Part 3. The Daily Life in the City

Introduction to Part 3

Maria Paula Diogo, Ana Simões

10. A Liberal Garden: The Estrela Garden and the Meaning of Being Public

Ana Duarte Rodrigues and Ana Simões

11. Allies or Enemies? Dogs in the Streets of Lisbon in the Second Half of the Nineteenth-Century

Inês Gomes

12. Intellectuals and the City: Private Matters in the Public Space

Daniel Gamito-Marques

13. Working Class Universities: Itinerant Spaces for Science, Technology and Medicine in Republican Lisbon

Ana Simões and Maria Paula Diogo


14. A Fascist Coney Island? Salazar's Dictatorship, Popular Culture and Technological Fun (1933-1943)

Jaume Valentines-Alvarez and Jaume Sastre-Juan


Supplement. Historical Urban Cartography of Lisbon

João Machado

Bibliographical References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ana Simões, Ph.D. (1993), University of Maryland at College Park, USA, is Full Professor of History of Science at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, and Vice-President of the ESHS (2020-22). Recent publications include Gardens and Human Agency in the Anthropocene (Routledge, 2019).

Maria Paula Diogo, Ph.D. (1994), NOVA University, Portugal. She is Full Professor of History of Technology at NOVA School of Science and Technology. She is Leonardo da Vinci Medal (SHOT, 2020). Recent publications include Inventing a European Nation. Engineers for Portugal, from Baroque to Fascism (Morgan and Claypool, 2021).