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

By: Beier, Lucinda McCrayMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Columbus Ohio State University Press 2008Description: 409p. HbkISBN: 9780814210949Subject(s): Social Medicine - history - England | Urban Health Services - history - England | Working class - Medical care - Great Britain - History - 19th century | Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice - England | Public health - Great Britain - History - 19th century | Social Class - England | Public health - Great Britain - History - 20th century | Working class - Medical care - Great Britain - History - 20th century | Attitude to Health - England | History, 20th Century - England | History, 19th Century - EnglandDDC classification: 362.10941 BEI
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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<p>Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-392) and index.</p>

"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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