For Their Own Good The Transformation of English Working-Class Health Culture, 1880-1970 / Lucinda McCray Beier.
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TextPublisher: Ohio State University Press, Manufacturer: Project MUSE, Description: 1 online resource (x, 409 p.)ISBN: 9780814271711; 0814271715Subject(s): Social Medicine -- history -- England | Social Class -- England | History, 20th Century -- England | History, 19th Century -- England | Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice -- England | Attitude to Health -- England | Urban Health Services -- history -- England | 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 centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 362.10941 LOC classification: RA418.3.G7 | B45 2008Online resources: Full text available: | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-392) and index.
"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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