Health Rights Are Civil Rights : Peace and Justice Activism in Los Angeles, 1963-1978 /

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Health Rights Are Civil Rights tells the story of the important place of health in struggles for social change in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s. Jenna M. Loyd describes how Black freedom, antiwar, welfare rights, and women's movement activists formed alliances to battle oppressive health s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Loyd, Jenna M., 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social movements.
Social justice.
Social conditions.
Social change.
Social aspects.
Public health.
Politics and government.
Human rights.
Health care reform.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Guerre froide > Aspect social > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > Droits > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Justice sociale > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mouvements sociaux > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Sante publique > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Services de sante > Reforme > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Health Care Reform > history
Cold War > Social aspects > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Social change > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Human rights > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Urban poor > Civil rights > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Social justice > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Social movements > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Public health > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Health care reform > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
California > Los Angeles.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Politics and government > 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Social conditions > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Health Rights Are Civil Rights tells the story of the important place of health in struggles for social change in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s. Jenna M. Loyd describes how Black freedom, antiwar, welfare rights, and women's movement activists formed alliances to battle oppressive health systems and structural violence, working to establish the principle that health is a right.
Physical Description:1 online resource (336 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781452941448

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