{"product_id":"europes-laboratory-climate-and-health-in-eighteenth-century-russia-hardcover","title":"Europe's Laboratory: Climate and Health in Eighteenth-Century Russia - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew P. Romaniello\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEurope's Laboratory \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis a history of eighteenth-century naturalists and physicians who were involved in the creation of a classification system for the people of the Russian Empire.\u003c\/b\u003e These Enlightened scholars traveled through Russia describing its people, landscape, and customs. In an era when climate was seen as a significant factor affecting health and bodies, these men wondered: How did the Russians, a \"cold\" people--phlegmatic or melancholic, according to humoral theory--manage an empire? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussia's empire, as Matthew P. Romaniello shows, contradicted the medical knowledge reflecting centuries of experimentation and practice. In solving this riddle, naturalists and physicians would unlock the secret of Russia's success and create a typology of imperial bodies, a guide toward managing the empire's diversity, to prepare Russia for greater successes in the nineteenth century. Rather than an underpopulated region of unambitious people, eighteenth-century Russia was a dynamic empire that mastered skills to support settler colonialism in climates unfamiliar to other Europeans.\u003ci\u003e Europe's Laboratory\u003c\/i\u003e makes a significant contribution to the most understudied era of Russian history while engaging the broader, global debates on the formation of race theory in colonial contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew P. Romaniello is Chair and Professor of History at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e The Elusive Empire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEnterprising Empires\u003c\/i\u003e and spent a decade as the editor of the\u003ci\u003e Journal of World History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52241582326034,"sku":"9781501783920","price":98.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/S3r9MZAFBf9781501783920.webp?v=1777903686","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/europes-laboratory-climate-and-health-in-eighteenth-century-russia-hardcover","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}