Who are the British elite today? Plus, memories of polio in postwar Australia
About this episode
The episode explores the self-perception of the British elite contrasted with data, revisits the history of polio, and pays tribute to David Malouf.
How the British elite see themselves is not what the data reveals. An historian of medicine, who's mother had polio, is revisiting the experiences of polio for thousands of people, via archival records. And a brief tribute to the Australian writer David Malouf. Guests: Professor Sam Friedman, a sociologist of class and inequality at the London School of Economics Professor Catharine Coleborne, historian of health and medicine at the University of Newcastle, NSW
People in this episode
Guests: Professor Sam Friedman, Professor Catharine Coleborne
Topics covered
- British elite
- class and inequality
- history of medicine
- polio
- David Malouf
Keywords
- British elite
- class
- inequality
- polio
- David Malouf
- history
- medicine
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: London School of Economics, University of Newcastle
Places: Australia, Britain
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