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For their own good, the transformation of English working-class health culture, 1880-1970, Lucinda McCray Beier

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For their own good, the transformation of English working-class health culture, 1880-1970, Lucinda McCray Beier
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.governmentPublication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
For their own good
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
230199270
Responsibility statement
Lucinda McCray Beier
Sub title
the transformation of English working-class health culture, 1880-1970
Table Of Contents
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. ", Every street had its lady" : working-class health culture before World War II -- Ch. 3. "We know what's good for you" : formal health care provision in Barrow, Lancaster, and Preston -- Ch. 4. "No fever in our house" : contagion, prevention, and the working class -- Ch. 5. "They never told us anything" : sex and family limitation -- Ch. 6. "With having my mother, I didn't need any advice off anybody else" : bearing and caring for children -- Ch. 7. "By gum, we did enjoy it" : popular media and the construction of modern health culture -- Ch. 8. "The best thing since wearing boots" : working-class health culture after 1948 -- Appendix. Oral history informants
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