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Breeding Contempt: The History of Coerced Sterilization in the United States
ISBN: 9780813541822 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Most closely associated with the Nazis and World War II atrocities, eugenics is sometimes described as a government-orchestrated breeding program, other times as a pseudo-science, and often as the first step leading to genocide. Less frequently it is recognized as a movement having links to the United States. But eugenics does have a history in this country, and Mark A. Largent tells that story by exploring one of its most disturbing aspects, the compulsory sterilization of more than 64,000 Americans. The book begins in the mid-nineteenth century, when American medical...
Most closely associated with the Nazis and World War II atrocities, eugenics is sometimes described as a government-orchestrated breeding program, oth...
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677,68 zł |
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Keep Out of Reach of Children: Reye's Syndrome, Aspirin, and the Politics of Public Health
ISBN: 9781934137888 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. -A fascinating history of a public health crisis. Compellingly written and insightful, Keep Out of Reach of Children traces the discovery of Reye's syndrome, research into its causes, industry's efforts to avoid warning labels on one suspected cause, aspirin, and the feared disease's sudden disappearance. Largent's empathy is with the myriad children and parents harmed by the disease, while he challenges the triumphalist view that labeling solved the crisis.- --ERIK M. CONWAY, coauthor of Merchants of Doubt
-Largent's engaging and honest account explores how medical... -A fascinating history of a public health crisis. Compellingly written and insightful, Keep Out of Reach of Children traces the discovery of Re...
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82,74 zł |