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Through the lens of death and disease, Building the Worlds That Kill Us provides a new way of understanding the history of the United States from the colonial era to the present.
Through the lens of death and disease, Building the Worlds That Kill Us provides a new way of understanding the history of the United States from the colonial era to the present.
Über den Autor
David Rosner is the Ronald H. Lauterstein Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and professor of history in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University and the codirector of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at the Mailman School. He is author and editor of ten books, among them A Once Charitable Enterprise (Cambridge University Press, 1982, 2004; Princeton University Press, 1987), Hives of Sickness: Epidemics and Public Health in New York City (Rutgers University Press, 1995), and Health Care in America: Essays in Social History, and coauthor with Gerald Markowitz of Deadly Dust: Silicosis and the Politics of Occupational Disease in Twentieth Century America, (Princeton University Press, 1991). His newest book is Lead Wars: The Politics of Science and the Fate of America's Children (California, 2013). He is a member of the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: "Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired"
1. Disease and Exploitation During the Colonial and Revolutionary Eras
2. Life and Death in Antebellum America
3. "The Surging Tide of Business . . . Yielding Up the Bones of the Dead": Overwork, Poor Nutrition, Unhygienic Homes, and a Hazardous Workplace
4. Resetting the Ground Rules for Inequality: Labor, Law, and Health After the Civil War
5. Gasping for Breath: Creating New Diseases and Inequalities
6. Better Living Through Chemistry?
7. Darkest Before the Dawn?
Notes
Index
Introduction: "Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired"
1. Disease and Exploitation During the Colonial and Revolutionary Eras
2. Life and Death in Antebellum America
3. "The Surging Tide of Business . . . Yielding Up the Bones of the Dead": Overwork, Poor Nutrition, Unhygienic Homes, and a Hazardous Workplace
4. Resetting the Ground Rules for Inequality: Labor, Law, and Health After the Civil War
5. Gasping for Breath: Creating New Diseases and Inequalities
6. Better Living Through Chemistry?
7. Darkest Before the Dawn?
Notes
Index
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780231200851 |
| ISBN-10: | 0231200854 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Rosner, David
Markowitz, Gerald |
| Hersteller: | Columbia University Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 224 x 150 x 26 mm |
| Von/Mit: | David Rosner (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 05.11.2024 |
| Gewicht: | 0,606 kg |
Über den Autor
David Rosner is the Ronald H. Lauterstein Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and professor of history in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University and the codirector of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at the Mailman School. He is author and editor of ten books, among them A Once Charitable Enterprise (Cambridge University Press, 1982, 2004; Princeton University Press, 1987), Hives of Sickness: Epidemics and Public Health in New York City (Rutgers University Press, 1995), and Health Care in America: Essays in Social History, and coauthor with Gerald Markowitz of Deadly Dust: Silicosis and the Politics of Occupational Disease in Twentieth Century America, (Princeton University Press, 1991). His newest book is Lead Wars: The Politics of Science and the Fate of America's Children (California, 2013). He is a member of the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: "Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired"
1. Disease and Exploitation During the Colonial and Revolutionary Eras
2. Life and Death in Antebellum America
3. "The Surging Tide of Business . . . Yielding Up the Bones of the Dead": Overwork, Poor Nutrition, Unhygienic Homes, and a Hazardous Workplace
4. Resetting the Ground Rules for Inequality: Labor, Law, and Health After the Civil War
5. Gasping for Breath: Creating New Diseases and Inequalities
6. Better Living Through Chemistry?
7. Darkest Before the Dawn?
Notes
Index
Introduction: "Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired"
1. Disease and Exploitation During the Colonial and Revolutionary Eras
2. Life and Death in Antebellum America
3. "The Surging Tide of Business . . . Yielding Up the Bones of the Dead": Overwork, Poor Nutrition, Unhygienic Homes, and a Hazardous Workplace
4. Resetting the Ground Rules for Inequality: Labor, Law, and Health After the Civil War
5. Gasping for Breath: Creating New Diseases and Inequalities
6. Better Living Through Chemistry?
7. Darkest Before the Dawn?
Notes
Index
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780231200851 |
| ISBN-10: | 0231200854 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: |
Rosner, David
Markowitz, Gerald |
| Hersteller: | Columbia University Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 224 x 150 x 26 mm |
| Von/Mit: | David Rosner (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 05.11.2024 |
| Gewicht: | 0,606 kg |
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