For Their Own Good : The Transformation of English Working-Class Health Culture, 1880-1970 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Beier, Lucinda McCray
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2008.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Working class > Medical care. Public health. Health attitudes. HISTORY > General. Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle. Medecine > Histoire > 19e siecle. Attitudes à l'egard de la sante. Sante publique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle. Sante publique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siecle. Travailleurs > Soins medicaux > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siecle. Travailleurs > Soins medicaux > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siecle. Social Medicine > history Social Class History, 20th Century History, 19th Century Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Attitude to Health Urban Health Services > history Public health > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Public health > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Working class > Medical care > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Working class > Medical care > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Great Britain. England History. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

"Every street had its lady" : working-class health culture before World War II
"We know what's good for you" : formal health care provision in Barrow, Lancaster, and Preston
"No fever in our house" : contagion, prevention, and the working class
"They never told us anything" : sex and family limitation
"With having my mother, I didn't need any advice off anybody else" : bearing and caring for children
"By gum, we did enjoy it" : popular media and the construction of modern health culture
"The best thing since wearing boots" : working-class health culture after 1948.

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