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The Last Children's Plague: Poliomyelitis, Disability, and Twentieth-Century American Culture
Richard J. Altenbaugh
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Description for The Last Children's Plague: Poliomyelitis, Disability, and Twentieth-Century American Culture
Hardcover. This book locates the subjectivity of children's illnesses and disabilities within the larger context of the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; MBP; MJCJ; MJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 602.
Poliomyelitis, better known as polio, thoroughly stumped the medical science community. Polio's impact remained highly visible and sometimes lingered, exacting a priceless physical toll on its young victims and their families as well as transforming their social worlds. This social history of infantile paralysis is plugged into the rich and dynamic developments of the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. Children became epidemic refugees because of anachronistic public health policies and practices. They entered the emerging, clinical world of the hospital, rupturing physical and emotional connections with their parents and siblings. As they underwent rehabilitation, they ... Read more
Poliomyelitis, better known as polio, thoroughly stumped the medical science community. Polio's impact remained highly visible and sometimes lingered, exacting a priceless physical toll on its young victims and their families as well as transforming their social worlds. This social history of infantile paralysis is plugged into the rich and dynamic developments of the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. Children became epidemic refugees because of anachronistic public health policies and practices. They entered the emerging, clinical world of the hospital, rupturing physical and emotional connections with their parents and siblings. As they underwent rehabilitation, they ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137527844
SKU
V9781137527844
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99-15
About Richard J. Altenbaugh
Richard J. Altenbaugh is a Visiting Fellow at St. Edmund s College, University of Cambridge, UK and Professor Emeritus at Slippery Rock University, USA.
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