“Matters of Life and Death” in a Mediterranean Port City: Infrastructure, Housing and Infectious Disease in Patras, 1901–1940

atras, the fourth largest Greek city and a major port, underwent a great deal of change during the first half of the 20 century, especially after the currant crisis (1890’s) the trade of which Patras controlled and depended on to a large extent. The 20 century, a period that perhaps has preoccupied Western Europe urban historians less, since the urban process there has been completed, constitutes nevertheless the great urbanization period for Greece. P