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For Their Own Good The Transformation of English Working-Class Health Culture, 1880-1970 / Lucinda McCray Beier.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beier, Lucinda McCray.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social medicine--history--England.
- Social medicine.
- Social Class--England.
- Social Class.
- History, 20th Century--England.
- History, 20th Century.
- History, 19th Century--England.
- History, 19th Century.
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice--England.
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.
- Attitude to Health--England.
- Attitude to Health.
- Urban Health Services--history--England.
- Urban Health Services.
- Public health--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Public health.
- Public health--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Working class--Medical care--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Working class.
- Working class--Medical care--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 409 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- "Every street had its lady" : working-class health culture before World War II
- "We know what's good for you" : formal health care provision in Barrow, Lancaster, and Preston
- "No fever in our house" : contagion, prevention, and the working class
- "They never told us anything" : sex and family limitation
- "With having my mother, I didn't need any advice off anybody else" : bearing and caring for children
- "By gum, we did enjoy it" : popular media and the construction of modern health culture
- "The best thing since wearing boots" : working-class health culture after 1948.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-392) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780814271711
- 0814271715
- OCLC:
- 1119110272
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