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Children and Youth in Sickness and in Health: A Historical Handbook and Guide
Janet Golden
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Description for Children and Youth in Sickness and in Health: A Historical Handbook and Guide
Hardback. Providing the first comprehensive history of child health in the United States, this book offers a thorough historical account of the ways that professionals and the state have addressed child health problems. Series: Children and Youth: History and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 667.
Six original essays reflect the growing scholarly interest in the history of childhood and youth, particularly issues affecting child health and welfare. These important new essays show how changing patterns of health and disease have responded to and shaped notions of childhood and adolescence as life stages. Until the early 20th century, life-threatening illnesses were a sinister presence in the lives of children of all social classes. Today, many diseases and threats to child health have been eliminated or alleviated. Yet critical problems remain. New threats such as AIDS and violence take a steady toll. Child health remains an ... Read more
Six original essays reflect the growing scholarly interest in the history of childhood and youth, particularly issues affecting child health and welfare. These important new essays show how changing patterns of health and disease have responded to and shaped notions of childhood and adolescence as life stages. Until the early 20th century, life-threatening illnesses were a sinister presence in the lives of children of all social classes. Today, many diseases and threats to child health have been eliminated or alleviated. Yet critical problems remain. New threats such as AIDS and violence take a steady toll. Child health remains an ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Children and Youth: History and Culture
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780313330414
SKU
V9780313330414
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About Janet Golden
JANET GOLDEN is Associate Professor history at Rutgers. She is the author of A Social History of Wet Nursing in America: From Breast to Bottle and a forthcoming book on the history of fetal alcohol syndrome. RICHARD A. MECKEL is Associate Professor of American Civilization and History at Brown University. He is the author of Save the Babies: American ... Read more
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