Sickness and Health in America: Readings in the History of Medicine and Public Health (Revised) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 029915324X ISBN 13: 9780299153243

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993

Synopsis

This second edition of Peru s Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest includes Stern s 1992 reflections on the ten years of historical interpretation that have passed since the book s original publication setting his analysis of Huamanga in a larger perspective.

This book is a monument to both scholarship and comprehension, comparable in its treatment of the indigenous peoples after the conquest only to that of Charles Gibson for the Aztecs, and perhaps the best volume read by this reviewer in several years. Frederick P. Bowser, American Historical Review

Peru s Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest is clearly indispensable reading for Andeanists and highly recommended to ethnohistorians generally. In technical respects it is a job done right, and conceptually it stands out as a handsome example of anthropology and history woven into one tight fabric of inquiry. Frank Salomon, Ethnohistory

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Review

"A major work."--Norman Gevitz, "Journal of the American Medical Association"
"Teachers will find "Sickness and Health in America" well suited to their needs. It was designed as an introductory reader for basic courses in the history of American medicine and public health ... and follows a coherent topical pattern."--Todd L. Savitt, "Clio Medica"

"Teachers will find "Sickness and Health in America" well suited to their needs. It was designed as an introductory reader for basic courses in the history of American medicine and public health ... and follows a coherent topical pattern."--Todd L. Savitt, "Clio Medica"

"A major work."--Norman Gevitz, "Journal of the American Medical Association"

Teachers will find "Sickness and Health in America" well suited to their needs. It was designed as an introductory reader for basic courses in the history of American medicine and public health and follows a coherent topical pattern. Todd L. Savitt, "Clio Medica""

A major work. Norman Gevitz, "Journal of the American Medical Association""

Teachers will find Sickness and Health in America well suited to their needs. It was designed as an introductory reader for basic courses in the history of American medicine and public health and follows a coherent topical pattern. Todd L. Savitt, Clio Medica

"

Anyone interested in the medical history of the United States in the past two centuries will find these essays of great interest. The Lancet"

A major work. Norman Gevitz, Journal of the American Medical Association

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"Teachers will find Sickness and Health in America well suited to their needs. It was designed as an introductory reader for basic courses in the history of American medicine and public health ... and follows a coherent topical pattern."--Todd L. Savitt, Clio Medica

About the Author

Judith Walzer Leavitt is professor of history of medicine, history of science, and women's studies and the associate dean for faculty at the medical school, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her many books include The Healthiest City and Women and Health in America, both also available from the University of Wisconsin Press, and Typhoid Mary. Ronald L. Numbers is William Coleman Professor of the History of Science and Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison. His many books include The Creationists, God and Nature, and Caring and Curing.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 029915324X
• ISBN 13: 9780299153243
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 600
• Editor: Leavitt Judith W.