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Science, Technology, Medicine in the Greek state, 19th-20th centuries
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.
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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