The Rise and Decline of Medical Prestige and Power in America
216 pages
8 hours of reading
Focusing on the evolution of medical prestige and power in America, this work of social history provides a vivid exploration of the challenges facing contemporary healthcare. It offers essential insights into the shifting status of the medical profession, equipping readers to engage with pressing issues surrounding the future of American medical care. The narrative blends colorful anecdotes with authoritative analysis, making it a compelling read for anyone interested in the dynamics of medicine and society.
The book offers an in-depth exploration of the evolution of the German university system during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, highlighting its impact on education, culture, and society. It examines key developments, influential figures, and the philosophical underpinnings that shaped academic institutions in Germany, providing insights into how these universities became models for higher education worldwide. Through detailed analysis, it reveals the interplay between academic rigor and societal change during this transformative period.
The book explores the professional landscape in various regions and periods, focusing on the evolution of specific professions and their socio-political contexts. It begins with an examination of lawyers in Russia from 1866 to 1914, followed by insights into the professional status and social backgrounds of Budapest lawyers during the 1940s, highlighting the impact of right radicalism. The narrative continues with the professionalization of jurists and officials in Bulgaria from 1878 to 1930, and a comparative analysis of Czech lawyers in Prague from 1868 to 1914. The book also addresses the professionalization of Czech physicians between 1848 and 1939, and the influence of the radical right on Hungarian professions, particularly doctors and lawyers from 1918 to 1945.
Further discussions include the institutional careers of medicine and urban planning in the Czech Republic during communist and post-communist eras, and the role of physicians in Tsarist Russia. The text examines the professionalization and nationalism among secondary school teachers in Galicia, alongside the professionalization of teachers in the Czech lands. It also covers university professors in the Russian Empire, the economics profession in the Czech context before 1914, and engineers in the Russian Empire and Bohemia from 1890 to 1939. Lastly, it highlights the technical intelligentsia in Slovenia and the learned professions in Poland from 1918 to 1939,
Modern learned professions (medicine, law, teaching, engineering, and others) developed in central Europe just as vigorously as in England or America. Yet their close relationship with state power--more typical of the world development of professions than the Anglo-American model--led to a different historical experience of professionalization. This work is the first to explore that experience in a comprehensive way from the time when modern learned professions arose until the eve of World War II. Based on the history and surviving records of German professional organizations, this work shows how the learned professions emerged gradually in the nineteenth century from the shadow of strong state regulation to achieve a high degree of autonomy and control over professional standards by the First World War. By studying professional groups collectively, it gives a more contoured picture of their fate under National Socialism than works dedicated primarily to the phenomenon of fascism itself.
This authoritative study analyzes the development of the modern research university through the original "new model" institution at the University of Berlin. It examines the circumstances of its rise, the scope of its influence, and the challenges that will face university sys...
