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Karol K. (Associate Professor Weaver, Weaver Karol K.

Medical Caregiving and Identity in Pennsylvania's Anthracite Region, 1880–2000

English · Paperback / Softback

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About the author

Karol K. Weaver is Associate Professor of History at Susquehanna University.

Summary

Examines folk songs, patent medicine advertisements, oral history interviews, ghost stories, and jokes to show how over the course of the twentieth century the men and women of the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania crafted their gender and ethnic identities via the medical decisions they made.

Product details

Authors	Karol K. (Associate Professor Weaver, Weaver Karol K.
Publisher	University Presses

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	15.11.2013

EAN	9780271048796
ISBN	978-0-271-04879-6
Dimensions	152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
Weight	318 g
Illustrations	Raster,schwarz-weiss, Karten
Subjects	Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine, History of the Americas, Southeastern & South Atlantic States, US South: South Atlantic States

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