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Gender is a good place from which to start reflections on European history: gender history deliberately transcends borders and, at the same time, demonstrates the difficulties of writing European, or transnational, history. Focusing on recent syntheses of modern European history, both general works and those specifically devoted to gender, the article asks what kind of Europe emerges from the encounter between gender and history. It suggests that the writing of European history includes either Eastern Europe (and, sometimes, the Ottoman Empire) or a gender perspective, but seldom both. Thus, the projects of integrating a European dimension into gender history and gender into European history remain unfinished. The result is a history of a rather 'small Europe'.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List Of Illustrations -- List Of Tables -- Introduction:Toward A History Of Suicide In Early Modern Europe / Watt, Jeffrey R. -- 1. The Judicial Treatment of Suicide in Amsterdam / Bosman, Machiel -- 2. Suicide and the Vicar General in London:A Mystery Solved? / Seaver, Paul S. -- 3. Controlling the Body of the Suicide in Saxony / Koslofsky, Craig M. -- 4. The Suicidal Mind and Body: Examples from Northern Germany / Lind, Vera -- 5. Suicidal Murders in Stockholm / Jansson, Arne -- 6. Ambivalence toward Suicide in Golden Age Spain / Dickenson, Elizabeth G. / Boyden, James M. -- 7. Honfibú: Nationhood, Manhood, and the Culture of Self-Sacrifice in Hungary / Lederer, David -- 8. Suicide, Gender, and Religion:The Case of Geneva / Watt, Jeffrey R. -- 9. Suicide in Paris, 1775 / Merrick, Jeffrey -- 10. The Suicide of Sir Samuel Romilly:Apotheosis or Outrage? / Andrew, Donna T. -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index

"Officially founded in 1821, The Montreal General Hospital is recognized as a pioneering institution in North America for the many developments in medical research discovered there and is also known for its early association with the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University--the first medical school in Canada. Covering nearly 200 years of history, The General relates the story of the hospital from its early development and founding to the transition and aftermath of its incorporation into the McGill University Health Centre in 1997. With contributions that show the perspectives of clinicians, nurses, surgeons, professors, and administrators, chapters chronicle particular departments and specializations of the hospital, including cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, obstetrics, emergency medicine, pathology, and radiology, with several more chapters focused on nursing, administration, and governance. Among the major turning points in the history of the hospital were the introduction of autopsy pathology by Sir William Osler, the debut of the electrocardiograph by Thomas Cotton in 1914, the discovery of a malignant tumour marker by Phil Gold and Samuel Freedman in 1965, its transformation from a community hospital serving anglophone Montreal to an internationally recognized academic centre during the 1950s and '60s, and changes in governance due to the 1970 Quebec Medicare Act. Both a collective reminiscence and an extensive institutional history, The General is an engaging account of one prominent hospital's origins and transformations throughout the years."--