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The Americas

Paperback. Describes the formation of a masculine ideology in the decades prior to the war, and shows how it thrived - on the job, and through union politics. This title provides a context for our ideas of postwar masculinity and whiteness and finally returns the men of the home front to our reckoning of the Greatest Generation and the New Deal era. Num Pages: 360 pages, 29 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; 3JJH; HBJK; HBTB; HBWQ; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226044194
ISBN
9780226044194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 30.01

Paperback. Challenging the view that Aboriginal medicine was helpless to deal with European disease, Lux argues that the diseases killing the Plains people were not contagious epidemics but grinding poverty, malnutrition, and overcrowding. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 halftones, 6 graphs, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL9; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802082954
ISBN
9780802082954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.83

hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1KBC; ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 305 x 22. Weight in Grams: 144.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Heritage House Publishing Co. Ltd Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894974752
ISBN
9781894974752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.71
€ 52.53

Paperback. Through close examination of legal, historical, and medical sources, this volume sheds light on the evolution of US law as it bears on bio-ethical issues, advances in medical technology, and the changing role of medicine in the American courtroom during the last 150 years. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBQ; MMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
332
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872207424
ISBN
9780872207424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.92

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801842085
ISBN
9780801842085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.14

Hardback. Joshua David Bellin examines the complex issues surrounding Indian sacred performance in its manifold and intimate relationships with texts and images by both Indians and whites. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; HRKT; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812240344
ISBN
9780812240344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.69

Hardcover. Provides an examination of medicine and the market in pre-modern England, colonial North America and British India. This book explores the themes in the social history of medicine, including midwifery, magic, gender, books, public health, poverty, the social organization of medical practice and colonialism, from the 15th to the mid-19th centuries. Editor(s): Jenner, Mark S. R.; Wallis, Patrick. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FKA; 1KB; 3J; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230506435
ISBN
9780230506435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.25

Paperback. This book provides a clear, broad, and provocative synthesis of the history of Latin American medicine. Series: New Approaches to the Americas. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107633018
ISBN
9781107633018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.01

Hardback. Speculative fiction often shows the complicated and rather fraught history of medicine as it relates to black women. Through prominent writers like Octavia Butler, Nnedi Okorafor, and Nalo Hopkinson, Jones highlights how personal experiences of illness and disease frequently reflect larger societal sicknesses in connection to race and gender. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 204 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137520609
ISBN
9781137520609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.39

Paperback. Exploring the rich and multi-faceted history of pharmaceutical drugs in the United States, Medicating Modern America unveils the untold stories behind America's pharmaceutical obsession Editor(s): Tone, Andrea; Watkins, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 262 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780814783016
ISBN
9780814783016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback. Editor(s): Ray, Robert L.; Watkins, Mackenzie A. Num Pages: 118 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSF; JKSM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
118
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781619428898
ISBN
9781619428898
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.83
€ 116.23

Hardback. health care system. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801884542
ISBN
9780801884542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.61

Hardcover. Editor(s): Williamson, Alice R. Num Pages: 114 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 184 x 13. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
114
Condition
New
SKU
V9781607411086
ISBN
9781607411086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.06
€ 70.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 263 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KFFN; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590336762
ISBN
9781590336762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.71
€ 57.46

Paperback. Herbalists, diviners, nurses, midwives, and veterinary practitioners flourished in the medical world of eighteenth-century Saint Domingue. Using Western, African, and Caribbean remedies, they treated the maladies of slaves, white residents, and animals. Num Pages: 184 pages, 8 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJ; HBJK; JFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252073212
ISBN
9780252073212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.17

Paperback. Written by an MD/JD, this book offers a unique perspective on medical-legal issues surrounding daily clinical practice. It covers all the essentials and tells the inside secrets of how to avoid cases that cost the medical community millions each year. Num Pages: 106 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LAY; MBQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 365.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
106
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387730639
ISBN
9780387730639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Governments throughout the industrialized world make decisions that fundamentally affect the quality and accessibility of medical care. This title explores an alternative regulatory approach to medical care based on the delegation of decisions about the allocation of scarce medical resources to private nonprofit organizations. Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 figures, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCQ; MBPM; MNQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781589016316
ISBN
9781589016316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.47

Series: Native Americans of the Northeast. Num Pages: 259 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; JFSL9; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625340573
ISBN
9781625340573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.40

Hardback. Focusing on doctors' feuds and duels, yellow fever epidemics in Philadelphia, and a court-martial of the medical director of army hospitals in the Revolutionary War, this title is set during a time when American medicine was caught in a period of catastrophic change. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; MBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838641903
ISBN
9780838641903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.94

paperback. This volume highlights the approach of medical anthropology to contemporary African American health care issues and aims to demonstrate the importance of cultural relatism for those working in health care intervention among the different segments of the African American population. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; PSXM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Praeger United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780897899024
ISBN
9780897899024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.39

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