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Shadows in the Valley: A Cultural History of Illness, Death, and Loss in New England, 1840-1916
Alan Swedlund
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Paperback. What was it like for the individuals who suffered and died from those illnesses, for the health practitioners and institutions that attended to them, and for the families who buried and mourned them? This title addresses these questions by examining the history of mortality in several small communities in western Massachusetts. Num Pages: 272 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; 3JH; HBJK; JFFH; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Explores the impact of changing medical practices on ordinary people in nineteenth-century America. How does the experience of sickness, death, and loss change over time? We know that the incidence and virulence of particular diseases have varied from one period to another, as has their medical treatment. But what was it like for the individuals who suffered and died from those illnesses, for the health practitioners and institutions that attended to them, and for the families who buried and mourned them? In ""Shadows in the Valley"", Alan Swedlund addresses these questions by closely examining the history of mortality in several ... Read more
Explores the impact of changing medical practices on ordinary people in nineteenth-century America. How does the experience of sickness, death, and loss change over time? We know that the incidence and virulence of particular diseases have varied from one period to another, as has their medical treatment. But what was it like for the individuals who suffered and died from those illnesses, for the health practitioners and institutions that attended to them, and for the families who buried and mourned them? In ""Shadows in the Valley"", Alan Swedlund addresses these questions by closely examining the history of mortality in several ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558497207
SKU
V9781558497207
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About Alan Swedlund
ALAN SWEDLUND is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Reviews for Shadows in the Valley: A Cultural History of Illness, Death, and Loss in New England, 1840-1916
"Shadows in the Valley offers a sensitive, poignant look at suffering, disease, and death in the lives of residents of western Massachusetts, just as authorities were beginning to identify disease pathogens, improve water and food supplies, and prevent childhood epidemics.... It is both modest and sweeping in scope, because the stories are carefully woven into a social history of larger ... Read more