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Science, Technology, Medicine in the Greek state, 19th-20th centuries |
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| Other Titles: |
Thematic approaches to their history |
| Authors: |
Tzokas, Spyros Karampatsos, Christos Mergoupi-Savaidou, Eirini Barlagiannis, Thanassis Stoyannidis, Yannis Tampakis, Kostas |
| Subject: | HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > GENERAL HISTORY, THEORY > CONTEMPORARY HISTORY HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > HISTORY OF COUNTRIES > GREEK HISTORY HUMANITIES AND ARTS > HISTORY > SPECIALIZED HISTORIES > HISTORY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY |
| Keywords: |
National Integration
Greek Capitalism Greek Imperialism 19th century 20th century Interwar Period Modern History Contemporary History Ideology Historiography Stereotypes History of Technology History of Science History of Medicine History of Education Political history History of Ideas Economic and Social History History of Labour History of Civilization Rhetoric Scientific Periodicals Institutions Public Policies Public Discourse Scientists Engineers Medical Doctors Professionalization Specialization Progress Scientific Research Engineering Periodicals National and Kapodistrian University of Athens National Technical University of Athens Athens Medical School Scientific and Technical Education Science Teaching Science Communication Science Popularization Daily Press Engineering Technopolitics Machine Public Works Transportation Railway Industry Labour Industrial worker Factory Machine Tools Tobacco Industry Religion Greek Orthodoxy Diseases Health Epidemics Quarantine Empirics (doctors) Vaccination Epidemiology (historical) Pharmacy Science Technology Medicine Experts Greek State Nationalism |
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| Abstract: |
The undergraduate textbook entitled "Science, Technology, Medicine in the Greek State, 19th-20th Century: Thematic Approaches to their History" consists of three parts divided into twelve chapters. The first part examines the institutional organization of science, technology, and medicine from the founding of the Greek state in the 1830s to the eve of World War II. More specifically, it examines the establishment of the first academic institutions (the University and Polytechnic of Athens) and the initial organization of the medical infrastructure (hospitals), the teaching and didactics of natural sciences, as well as the first forms of scientific cooperation, specialization, professionalization and internationalization of domestic research by scientific communities of engineers, natural scientists and physicians/medical doctors. The second part presents aspects of state policies on public works (such as the railway), the relationship between industrialization and industrial labor, as well as aspects of public health in relation to clinical-epidemiological interventions for diseases such as cholera and tuberculosis. The third part highlights aspects of the public dialogue on science, technology, and medicine, as crystallized through debates and, above all, through controversies within the communities of natural scientists and engineers regarding the ideal of scientific progress and its relationship to national ideology, as well as aspects of the relationship between religion and science. Finally, the role of the Greek daily press in science and technology communication is examined, with an emphasis on the emergence of newspapers as a key medium for public discourse, public images and the formation of stereotypes about science and technology in Greek society from the expulsion of King Otto to World War II.
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| Linguistic Editors: |
Triantafyllidou, Sofia |
| Graphic Editors: |
Kaitsa, Elena-Natasa |
| Type: |
Undergraduate textbook |
| Creation Date: | 26-03-2026 |
| Item Details: | |
| ISBN |
978-618-228-375-2 |
| License: |
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1126 |
| Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/15296 |
| Bibliographic Reference: | Tzokas, S., Karampatsos, C., Mergoupi-Savaidou, E., Barlagiannis, T., Stoyannidis, Y., & Tampakis, K. (2026). Science, Technology, Medicine in the Greek state, 19th-20th centuries [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-1126 |
| Language: |
Greek |
| Consists of: |
1. Science and Technology in Greece in the 19th Century 2. Science Teaching and Didactics of Science in Greece (1830-1915) 3. Medicine in Greece in the 19th century 4. Technology and Science in the Greek State (1880 – Interwar Period) 5. The Greek Railroads (1850-1940) 6. Machinery and Workers in the Greek Industry (1860-1925) 7. Epidemics and medicine from the founding of the Greek state until the outbreak of the First World War – The cases of cholera and smallpox 8. State policies for public health (late 19th c. – 1940s): Dealing with Tuberculosis (TB) 9. Health and Labour (late 19th c. – 1940s) 10. Science, technology, and ideologies of progress (1840-1940) 11. Science and Religion in Greece (1830-1930) 12. Science, Technology, and the Daily Press (1862-1940) |
| Number of pages |
390 |
| Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |
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