Stories
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The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
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Does mass media pave the way to fascism?
In the aftermath of World War II, psychoanalysts found the psychological roots of authoritarianism closer to home than was comfortable.
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Race, religion and the Black Madonna
Mystery and controversy surround the dark-skinned religious icon who represents the Virgin Mary throughout the Catholic world.
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Epidemic threats and racist legacies
Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Western Europe, Japan, Australia
Date: 1955-1972Reference: SA/ALR/D.32Part of: Abortion Law Reform Association- Books
Medicine in medieval Western Europe, 1000-1500 / Vivian Nutton.
Nutton, Vivian.Date: 1995- Archives and manuscripts
Drugs Policies in Western Europe
Date: 1988Reference: SA/DRS/L/239Part of: DrugScope- Journals
Directory of special collections in Western Europe.
Date: 1991-- Archives and manuscripts
Epstein's correspondence with colleagues from Western Europe
Date: 1950s-1970sReference: PP/HGE/A/B/7Part of: Dr Hans Georg Epstein (1909-2002)