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For their own good : the transformation of English working-class health culture, 1880-1970
Author
Title
For their own good : the transformation of English working-class health culture, 1880-1970 / Lucinda McCray Beier.
ISBN
9780814210949 (cloth : alk. paper)
0814210945 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2008.
Physical Description
x, 409 p. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 17, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-392) and index.
Contents
"Every street had its lady" : working-class health culture before World War II
"We know what's good for you" : formal health care provision in Barrow, Lancaster, and Preston
"No fever in our house" : contagion, prevention, and the working class
"They never told us anything" : sex and family limitation
"With having my mother, I didn't need any advice off anybody else" : bearing and caring for children
"By gum, we did enjoy it" : popular media and the construction of modern health culture
"The best thing since wearing boots" : working-class health culture after 1948.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Urban Health Services - history - England.
Attitude to Health - England.
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice - England.
History, 19th Century - England.
History, 20th Century - England.
Social Class - England.
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