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  • Disorder

    A History of Reform, Reaction, and Money in American Medicine

    de Peter A. Swenson ...
    An incisive look into the problematic relationships among medicine, politics, and business in America and their effects on the nation's healthMeticulously tracing the dramatic conflicts both inside organized medicine and between the medical profession and the larger society over quality, equality, and economy in health care, Peter A. Swenson illuminates the history of American medical politics ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Capitalists Against Markets

    The Making of Labor Markets and Welfare States in the United States and Sweden

    de Peter A. Swenson ...
    Conventional wisdom argues that welfare state builders in the US and Sweden in the 1930s took their cues from labor and labor movements. Swenson makes the startling argument that pragmatic social reformers looked for support not only from below but also from above, taking into account capitalist interests and preferences. Juxtaposing two widely recognized extremes of welfare, the US and Sweden, ... Leer más

    $56.99 USD

  • Lifestyle Drugs and the Neoliberal Family

    de Kristin Swenson ...
    Series Libro 22 - Popular Culture and Everyday Life
    Since 1997, advertisements for lifestyle drugs have saturated the U.S. airwaves, print media, and the Internet. Viewers are asked to see their children’s difficulty in school as attention deficit disorder, their worry as anxiety, and their flagging sex life as dysfunction. And for each disorder, there is a corresponding pharmaceutical solution. Through the lens of these advertisements, Lifestyle ... Leer más

    $93.99 USD

  • Divide and Deal

    The Politics of Distribution in Democracies

    Edición de Ian Shapiro, Peter A. Swenson, Daniela Donno Panayides ...
    Why are democracies so unequal? Despite the widespread expectation that democracy, via expansion of the franchise, would lead to redistribution in favor of the masses, in reality majorities regularly lose out in democracies. Taking a broad view of inequality as encompassing the distribution of wealth, risk, status, and well-being, this volume explores how institutions, individuals, and coalitions ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • High Altitude

    Human Adaptation to Hypoxia

    Edición de Erik R. Swenson, Peter Bärtsch ...
    Over the last decade the science and medicine of high altitude and hypoxia adaptation has seen great advances. High Altitude: Human Adaptation to Hypoxia addresses the challenges in dealing with the changes in human physiology and the particular medical conditions that arise from exposure to high altitude. In-depth and comprehensive chapters cover both the basic science and the clinical ... Leer más

    $152.99 USD

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  • Medical Apartheid

    The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

    de Harriet A. Washington ...
    NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • The first full history of Black America’s shocking mistreatment as unwilling and unwitting experimental subjects at the hands of the medical establishment. No one concerned with issues of public health and racial justice can afford not to read this masterful book."[Washington] has unearthed a shocking amount of information and shaped it into a riveting, ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • For the Love of Men

    From Toxic to a More Mindful Masculinity

    de Liz Plank ...
    A nonfiction investigation into masculinity, For The Love of Men provides actionable steps for how to be a man in the modern world, while also exploring how being a man in the world has evolved.In 2019, traditional masculinity is both rewarded and sanctioned. Men grow up being told that boys don’t cry and dolls are for girls (a newer phenomenon than you might realize—gendered toys came back in ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Killing the Black Body

    Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty

    de Dorothy Roberts ...
    Killing the Black Body remains a rallying cry for education, awareness, and action on extending reproductive justice to all women. It is as crucial as ever, even two decades after its original publication.**"A must-read for all those who claim to care about racial and gender justice in America." —Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim CrowIn 1997, this groundbreaking book made a powerful ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Owning the Sun

    A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines

    de Alexander Zaitchik ...
    An authoritative history of how the privatization of public science has prioritized profits over people—from patents to the COVID-19 vaccine—for readers of Bad Blood and Empire of Pain.Owning the Sun tells the story of one of the most contentious fights in human history: the legal right to produce lifesaving medicines. Medical science began as a discipline geared toward the betterment of all human ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The Genetic Lottery

    Why DNA Matters for Social Equality

    de Kathryn Paige Harden ...
    A provocative and timely case for how the science of genetics can help create a more just and equal societyIn recent years, scientists like Kathryn Paige Harden have shown that DNA makes us different, in our personalities and in our health—and in ways that matter for educational and economic success in our current society.In The Genetic Lottery, Harden introduces readers to the latest genetic ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • From Poor Law to Welfare State, 6th Edition

    A History of Social Welfare in America

    de Walter I. Trattner ...
    Over twenty-five years and through five editions, Walter I. Trattner's From Poor Law to Welfare State has served as the standard text on the history of welfare policy in the United States. The only comprehensive account of American social welfare history from the colonial era to the present, the new sixth edition has been updated to include the latest developments in our society as well as trends ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • The Transgender Child

    A Handbook for Families and Professionals

    de Stephanie Brill, Rachel Pepper ...
    This comprehensive first of its kind guidebook explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising their children in every city and state. Through extensive research and interviews, as well as years of experience working in the field, the authors cover gender variance from birth through college. What do you do when your toddler daughter’s first sentence is that she’s a ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD