Science, Technology and Medicine in the Making of Lisbon (1840-1940) / / edited by Ana Simões and Maria Paula Diogo.

• Superior document: Cultural Dynamics of Science ; 4
• TeilnehmendeR: Simões, Ana,; Diogo, Maria Paula,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Cultural Dynamics of Science ; 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (487 pages)
• Notes: This volumes presents the first urban history of science, technology, and medicine in Lisbon, 1840-1940. It reveals how science, technology and medicine permeated even the most unlikely aspects of the urban landscape in an environment that was simultaneously a port city, scientific capital and imperial metropolis.

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.

Table of Contents

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.