Saving Sickly Children : The Tuberculosis Preventorium in American Life, 1909-1970 /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Connolly, Cynthia A. (Cynthia Anne) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2014.
Edición:First paperback edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tuberculosis > Hospitals.
Tuberculosis.
Children > Hospitals.
Children > Hospitals > United States > History.
Tuberculosis > Hospitals > United States > History.
Tuberculosis > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Child-saving in the United States
  • Tuberculosis : a children's disease
  • Founding the preventorium
  • The preventorium goes nationwide
  • Science and the preventorium
  • Tuberculosis in the "world of tomorrow."

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