Imperial and post-imperial healthcare before welfare states

The goal of this special issue is to connect work done in colonial and post-colonial history European through a focus on imperial post-imperial healthcare. To date, histories healthcare have focused overwhelmingly developments empires. Europe’s land empires, such as those Central Eastern Europe consolidated by Austria-Hungary Prussia, received comparatively less attention English-language scholarship. This introduction highlights key debates healthcare, brings material epistemological transformations health social welfare across different formations their successor states into dialogue. editors also delineate some the challenges payoffs comparative approach relation articles issue, which encompass experiences 10 states, ca. 1870 1970. Finally, review articles, identifying set connecting themes that offer opportunities for future research making global comparisons.