For Their Own Good The Transformation of English Working-Class Health Culture, 1880-1970 /
Lucinda McCray Beier.
- 1 online resource (x, 409 p.)
- Book collections on Project MUSE. .
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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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--History--Great Britain--19th century. Public health--History--Great Britain--20th century. Working class--Medical care--History--Great Britain--19th century. Working class--Medical care--History--Great Britain--20th century.