Saving sickly children: the tuberculosis preventorium in American life, 1909 - 1970

The 'preventorium', an institution designed to protect children from tuberculosis, emerged in the USA during the Progressive era. In this book, Cynthia Connolly explores how the institution reflected assumptions about class, race and ethnicity, and explains that its effects live on today i...

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1. Verfasser: Connolly, Cynthia A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Brunswick, NJ [u.a.] Rutgers Univ. Press 2014
Ausgabe:1. ed.
Schriftenreihe:Critical issues in health and medicine
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Zusammenfassung:The 'preventorium', an institution designed to protect children from tuberculosis, emerged in the USA during the Progressive era. In this book, Cynthia Connolly explores how the institution reflected assumptions about class, race and ethnicity, and explains that its effects live on today in child health care and family policy.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XIII, 182 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:9780813569673
9780813542676

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