Conversations in Medicine and Society

Children's Health in the United States, 1880-2000

By: Howard Markel (Editor), Alexandra Minna Stern (Editor)

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Paperback | 16 March 2004

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Alexandra Minna Stern is Associate Director of the Center for the History of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and American Culture at the University of Michigan. Howard Markel is the George Edward Wantz Professor of the History of Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, and Professor of History at the University of Michigan, and Director of the Center for the History of Medicine.

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"Few topics in American social history have been studied more vigorously in the last decade than children and childhood, and no subject has been more important to Americans of all ages than the assault on disease and the revolution in medical care. Yet remarkably little has been done to bring the two together--until now. This exceptional collection combines the insights and learning of historians and medical doctors to reveal a current of American life that was, in all senses, vital."
--Elliott West, Professor of History, University of Arkansas
"The history in this book is a fascinating journey through a critical period of our nation's growth, seen through the experiences of and attention to our children. I highly recommend this book for a variety of study areas, as well as for enlightening American citizens to societal impacts on its most vulnerable population."
--Barbara Woodman, Academia: An Online Magazine and Resource for Academic Librarians, September 2002
"This volume of essays chronicles one hundred and twenty years of children's health in the United States. The stimulating, well-referenced, diverse essays provide an excellent broad view of children's health from the historical perspective. It should be read by anyone interested in the health and social well-being of children."
--Catherine D. DeAngelis, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Medical Association

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