The Dread Disease
Cancer and Modern American Culture
Published on 1. July 2009
396 pages
978-0-674-04193-6 (ISBN)
Description
In a subtle and penetrating cultural history, Patterson examines reactions to the disease through a century of American life. Readers interested in the cultural dimensions of science and medicine as well as historians, sociologists, and political scientists will be enlightened and challenged by this book.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-04193-6 (9780674041936)
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Book
01/1989
Harvard University Press
€75.74
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Person
James T. Patterson is Professor of History at Brown University.
Content
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